Cambodia Breaking News (Sihanoukville): On July 16, 2019, at around noon, Mr. Khun Nhem, director of General Customs and Excise, Mr. Say Sam Al, Minister of Environment, Mr. Kouch Chamroeun, Preah Sihanouk Governor and Mr. Luk Kim Chhun, the Director of Sihanoukville Port, ordered the opening of 83 containers, believed to be full of trash, in Sihanoukville port.

The police said those 83 containers were imported to Cambodia using fake documents without the identity of the goods, just information that the goods have arrived. After scanning the containers, the police confirmed that the goods were indeed plastic trash, and they were then opened for inspection.
In this instance, Cambodia is refusing to accept being a garbage dump for rich countries; Cambodia is not a place for throwing trash.






Fresh news video:

Damn, I thought this was going to be a haughty thread about worn out barangs. I'm so disappointed.

Sihanoukville (FN), July 16 - At least 83 containers of waste were cracked down at the Sihanoukville port, some 230 km west of the capital Phnom Penh.

The inspection, led by port authorities, provincial governor, and the minster of environment, on 16 July led to the discovery of more than 83 containers containing illegal waste from foreign countries.

Ministry of Environment’s spokesman Neth Pheaktra said Tuesday that the ministry and relevant authority is investigating to look for the source of containers in order to send all of them back to the originating location.

Cambodian Prime Minister HE warned that the kingdom does not welcome trash imported from the rich countries under the excuse “for the purpose of incineration for electricity”.
Fresh News

http://www.atchuup.com/countries-used-a ... lds-trash/

Just reroute..

Taiwan dumped a load of toxic waste in SIhanoukville, in the 90s? They had to remove it though.

Here’s a question. If all these dumps are stopped in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc what will the people who work there do?

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:54 pm for the purpose of incineration for electricity

This is probably the best way to deal with it in fact, and it seems Cambodia is in need of electricty
recycling it uses more resources than it saves

According to the government news outlet Fresh News, the waste was imported from the US and Canada.

Cambodia Found 83 Containers of Plastic Waste, 1,600 Tons Imported from US and Canada: Environment Spokesman
17/07/19 20:20
Sihanoukville (FN), July 17 - At least 83 containers of plastic waste were cracked down at the Sihanoukville port, some 230 km west of the capital Phnom Penh.

The inspection, led by port authorities, provincial governor, and the minster of environment, on 16-17 July led to the discovery of more than 83 containers containing illegal plastic waste imported from the US and Canada.

Ministry of Environment’s spokesman Neth Pheaktra said Wednesday that the ministry and relevant authority is proceeding to send back the 1,600 tons of illegal waste back to its originating sources.
http://en.freshnewsasia.com/index.php/e ... 18-33.html

According to Reuters today, the waste was imported into Cambodia from the US and Canada by a Chinese company, identified only as “Chingyuen”. The investigation continues.

July 19, 2019 / 9:47 AM / Updated 9 hours ago
Cambodia probes Chinese firm over illegal waste imports
Prak Chan Thul
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia is investigating a locally based Chinese firm for illegally importing around 1,600 tonnes of plastic waste from the United States and Canada, the Southeast Asian country’s customs chief told Reuters on Friday.

Southeast Asian nations have emerged as some of the top destinations for plastic waste exporters in the West after China introduced a partial ban on waste imports in 2018 which disrupted the flow of more than 7 million tonnes of plastic scrap a year.

Kun Nhim, director general of Cambodia’s General Department of Customs and Excise, told Reuters that a Chinese firm based in Cambodia had imported the waste, which was discovered this week in 83 shipping containers at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port.

“There will obviously be fines, although how much will depend on our law, and the company may face termination if it is found to have committed a crime,” Nhim told Reuters.

He identified the company as “Chingyuen”, but Reuters was unable to trace a company of that name.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-camb ... eCiyxJicXc

24 mins ago - BREAKING NEWS
It is a Cambodian company after all – the culprit behind the import of 83 rubbish-filled containers
Kun Nhim, director-general of the General Department of Customs and Excise today reaffirmed that the company which imported the 83 rubbish-filled containers found at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port early this week is Cambodian entity.

Kun Nhim told Khmer Times that the author identified the Cambodian company as Chungyuen Plastic. Co.Ltd, a Cambodian entity with Chinese employees.

“We found that “Chungyuen Plastic. Co.Ltd was registered in 2018 with the Commerce Ministry,” he said. “There are Chinese nationals working in this company and we do not know yet whether Chinese nationals have shares in the said company or not.”
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/625784/it- ... ontainers/