Plastic Waste Collection from the River

Plastic waste clean-up activities from water resources was experienced by COMPOSTED Team in April 2018 in Battambang, March 2022 in Kampong Cham city, September 2023 in Kratie city and plan to the next municipalities in 2024 in cooperation with the local authorities with the funding support from One Earth – One Ocean (OEOO) in partnership with Cocorec Gmbh., from Germany to collect all plastic waste from Sangke River and Mekong River which will be end up to sea and ocean. There are around 5 ton of waste was collected every month including 3 ton is plastic waste such as plastic bag, plastic cup, fishing net, sack, straw, PET, Styrofoam, car and motor tires, cluttery, PVC pipe. etc. and another 2ton is metal, cardboard, tree branch, coconut and organic waste. Currently, there are only few municipalities where the project is implementing in Cambodia. Therefore, expanding this activity to other cities and districts, especially near the sea area, and implementing it regularly will help reduce the amount of plastic flowing into the sea.