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3R Gap Analysis and Findings
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Image source: SBC (ULAB Project Cambodia)
URBAN MUNICIPAL WASTE
From 1979 to 1993 the Department of Public
Works and Transport (DPWT) was responsible
for solid waste collection after which this sector
has been privatized. The following agencies
have carried out the solid waste management in
the City.
• June 1994 to July 1995
- Pacific Asian Development, France
• Aug 1995 to Dec 1995
- Local Administration
• Jan 1996 to Nov 1996
-Public Cleansing Company, Cambodia
• Dec 1996 to Jul 1997
- Environment Development Company,
Germany
• July 1997 to date
- PSBK, Cambodia (a private sector waste
management agency)
Although at present a private company is
responsible for collection and transport of solid
waste in the entire city, the waste management
system in Phnom Penh is still reported to be
poor. It is estimated that 70% of the waste in
urban districts is collected and maximum of 80%
of the households are connected to the service
(ACHR, 2002).
Though four urban districts are covered, most of
the poor urban communities do not receive such
service. PSBK is responsible for collecting waste
from the City as a whole, transporting and
disposing them in the disposal sites identified
by the Municipality of Phnom Penh (MPP).
The Cleaning Authority of Phnom Penh, now
called The Phnom Penh Waste Management
(PPWM) under DPWT, is supported by the
Norwegian Agency for Development
Cooperation (NORAD). A similar project
supported by NORAD and ADB under the
Water Supply and Drainage Project is the
Neighborhood Improvement Program (NIP)
implemented by DPWT with technical
assistance from Inter-Consult International. The
main activities of NIP are to provide capacity
building to PPWM and implement a pilot
project on community based SWM.
Community Sanitation and Recycling
Organization (CSARO) is a local NGO that
facilitates organizing community-based primary
waste collection while PPWM is responsible for
secondary collection, transporting and
disposing them into the existing disposal sites.
PPWM is also responsible for improving the
conditions of the existing disposal sites and
PSBK has to pay USD 6,000 per month to PPWM
for this improvement. It is reported that waste is
separated prior to secondary collection and
brought to the community composting center.
Apart from privatization and NIP, limited
activities related to SWM and hygiene were
taken by CSARO with objectives to improve
living condition of the poor in Phnom Penh, and
to improve betterment (physical, social,
economic) for waste pickers. The activities
implemented by CSARO are community-based
and target waste pickers only.
Another ongoing pilot project is on composting,
funded by Municipality of Neufert, Germany.
MPP allocated 2,000 m 2 of land at the existing
landfill for composting. Since its inception in
2000, the project has produced about 20 tons of
compost per year.