cambodia-plastic-waste — In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019, photo, containers loaded with plastic waste are placed at country beach city, Sihanoukville Port, southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A Cambodia's committee to investigate the sources of the trash discovered packing in more than 80 containers at country beach city, Sihanoukville Port, is needing seven to ten days to conclude their investigative, an official said Wednesday. (Sea Seakleng/The Associated Press)

Cambodia says plastic waste shipments came from U.S., Canada

70 containers were shipped from the U.S., 13 came from Canada Cambodia says.

July 18, 2019

Almost seven dozen shipping containers sitting in a Cambodian seaport that were found to be filled with plastic waste came from the United States and Canada, the Southeast Asian country’s Environment Ministry said Wednesday.

Ministry spokesman Neth Pheaktra said the total weight of the waste found in 83 containers in Sihanoukville, the country’s main port, was 1,600 tons.

Tuesday’s discovery of the waste followed a statement at a Cabinet meeting last week by Prime Minister Hun Sen that Cambodia is not the dumping ground for any kind of waste, and does not allow the import of any kinds of plastic waste or other recyclables.

In full: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cambodia-canada-plastic-waste-1.5215358

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