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Solid Waste Management in Cambodia

Solid Waste Management in Cambodia

Ran Yagasa, Rithy Uch, Phalla Sam
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 30
ISBN13: 9781799801986|ISBN10: 1799801985|EISBN13: 9781799802006
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0198-6.ch003
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Yagasa, Ran, et al. "Solid Waste Management in Cambodia." Sustainable Waste Management Challenges in Developing Countries, edited by Agamuthu Pariatamby, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 56-85. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0198-6.ch003

APA

Yagasa, R., Uch, R., & Sam, P. (2020). Solid Waste Management in Cambodia. In A. Pariatamby, F. Shahul Hamid, & M. Bhatti (Eds.), Sustainable Waste Management Challenges in Developing Countries (pp. 56-85). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0198-6.ch003

Chicago

Yagasa, Ran, Rithy Uch, and Phalla Sam. "Solid Waste Management in Cambodia." In Sustainable Waste Management Challenges in Developing Countries, edited by Agamuthu Pariatamby, Fauziah Shahul Hamid, and Mehran Sanam Bhatti, 56-85. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0198-6.ch003

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Abstract

Driven by economic development, population growth, change in life style, and consumption patterns, Cambodia is faced with equally rapid increase of solid waste, with MSW disposal amount attaining 1,709,379 tons/year in 2018. Various policy instruments and legislations have been developed over the years in response to this long-existing crisis, which effectively translated into tangible improvements on the ground. But municipalities continue to suffer from weak waste management system including collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal. Resource recovery almost entirely depends on informal sector while efforts for reduce and reuse are still weak, while presenting vast opportunity if effective policies are employed and implemented. The ongoing governance reform involving functional decentralization of waste management service is being implemented although at a slow pace.

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