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Municipal solid waste flow in Phnom Penh (Source: Authors) 

Municipal solid waste flow in Phnom Penh (Source: Authors) 

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Technical Report
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Phnom Penh is facing huge challenges in waste management due to population growth, increasing income and consumption levels, expanding urbanisation and inadequate waste management due to lack of proper waste collection and treatment facilities, technical staff as well as unclear responsibilities among staff members. In this regard, with the request...

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... city as shown in Figure 1. The study focus more on municipal solid waste management. ...
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... Management Authority is shown in Figure 10. ...
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... the site started operations in 2009, the waste layers in the landfill area A (see Figure 11) were covered with soil for every 4m of waste, as opposed to the recommended practice put forward by JICA (i) daily There is a substantial gap between the annual amount of waste before 2002 when Stoeng Mean Chey landfill site was in use, and the amount after 2003 using the new landfill site. However, as Figure 9 shows, the amount of municipal solid waste disposal has increased over the years. ...
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... quantity of medical waste is increasing with the expansion of medical services ( Figure 14). ...
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... shown in Table 3 All of the trucks are equipped with GPS in order to ensure efficient operations (Figure 15 (b)). There are three types of collection containers including, safety plastic bag (Non-PVC), safety sharpness box (recycle paper) and safety bin being used for medical waste. ...
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... FSI-150 Unit, 2014) in which management of POPs was strategically positioned. landfill sites, partially resulting in illegal disposal as shown in Figure 17. Lack of basic data is posing another challenge, making it difficult to delineate the state of the city's C&D waste management system. ...
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... (2009) Landfill site allow the disposal of non-residential bulk waste as shown in Figure 17. It is to be as below: ...
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... in practice, C&D waste is not accepted by landfill sites in Phnom Penh as the city attempts to preserve / extend the lifespan of the site, unless brought in by contractors. As a result, while some C&D waste is reused / recycled (only pure bricks, soil, rock and stone) upon demand, mixed C&D waste with no market value is in most cases illegally dumped along the Mekong river or openly burnt if it consists of combustible components ( Figure 19). ...
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... in practice, C&D waste is not accepted by landfill sites in Phnom Penh as the city attempts to preserve / extend the lifespan of the site, unless brought in by contractors. As a result, while some C&D waste is reused / recycled (only pure bricks, soil, rock and stone) upon demand, mixed C&D waste with no market value is in most cases illegally dumped along the Mekong river or openly burnt if it consists of combustible components ( Figure 18). Landfill site allow the disposal of non-residential bulk waste as shown in Figure 17. ...
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... a result, while some C&D waste is reused / recycled (only pure bricks, soil, rock and stone) upon demand, mixed C&D waste with no market value is in most cases illegally dumped along the Mekong river or openly burnt if it consists of combustible components ( Figure 18). Landfill site allow the disposal of non-residential bulk waste as shown in Figure 17. It is to be collected and transported by private contractors to the landfill occasionally. ...
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... city as shown in Figure 1. The study focus more on municipal solid waste management. ...
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... Management Authority is shown in Figure 10. ...
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... the site started operations in 2009, the waste layers in the landfill area A (see Figure 11) were covered with soil for every 4m of waste, as opposed to the recommended practice put forward by JICA (i) daily There is a substantial gap between the annual amount of waste before 2002 when Stoeng Mean Chey landfill site was in use, and the amount after 2003 using the new landfill site. However, as Figure 9 shows, the amount of municipal solid waste disposal has increased over the years. ...
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... quantity of medical waste is increasing with the expansion of medical services ( Figure 14). ...
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... shown in Table 3 All of the trucks are equipped with GPS in order to ensure efficient operations (Figure 15 (b)). There are three types of collection containers including, safety plastic bag (Non-PVC), safety sharpness box (recycle paper) and safety bin being used for medical waste. ...
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... FSI-150 Unit, 2014) in which management of POPs was strategically positioned. landfill sites, partially resulting in illegal disposal as shown in Figure 17. Lack of basic data is posing another challenge, making it difficult to delineate the state of the city's C&D waste management system. ...
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... (2009) Landfill site allow the disposal of non-residential bulk waste as shown in Figure 17. It is to be as below: ...
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... in practice, C&D waste is not accepted by landfill sites in Phnom Penh as the city attempts to preserve / extend the lifespan of the site, unless brought in by contractors. As a result, while some C&D waste is reused / recycled (only pure bricks, soil, rock and stone) upon demand, mixed C&D waste with no market value is in most cases illegally dumped along the Mekong river or openly burnt if it consists of combustible components ( Figure 19). ...
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... in practice, C&D waste is not accepted by landfill sites in Phnom Penh as the city attempts to preserve / extend the lifespan of the site, unless brought in by contractors. As a result, while some C&D waste is reused / recycled (only pure bricks, soil, rock and stone) upon demand, mixed C&D waste with no market value is in most cases illegally dumped along the Mekong river or openly burnt if it consists of combustible components ( Figure 18). Landfill site allow the disposal of non-residential bulk waste as shown in Figure 17. ...
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... a result, while some C&D waste is reused / recycled (only pure bricks, soil, rock and stone) upon demand, mixed C&D waste with no market value is in most cases illegally dumped along the Mekong river or openly burnt if it consists of combustible components ( Figure 18). Landfill site allow the disposal of non-residential bulk waste as shown in Figure 17. It is to be collected and transported by private contractors to the landfill occasionally. ...

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