Residents in Kandal’s Arei Ksat commune say trash has been piling up on neighborhood streets, with a local official saying a flooded dumpsite has affected the operations of a private company charged with collection.
Nine of the 10 trucks that enter one Takeo village daily are still dumping trash in a 1 hectare field, despite a deal struck earlier this month between the district and company to first incinerate everything in a furnace, residents said.
Workers and authorities are set to continue negotiations on Wednesday over a garbage collectors’ strike that has led to major trash pile-ups around Phnom Penh and to some residents calling the capital “Garbage City.”
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