title: Improving the solid waste management in Phnom Penh city: a strategic approach.
abstract: Though the solid waste management (SWM) system in Phnom Penh city in general has been upgraded since the waste collection service was franchised out to the private sector, the performance of the existing SWM system is still low. Unreliable and irregular collection service still exists. This means that there are shortcomings in the existing SWM system that need correction. This paper is an attempt to identify those shortcomings in order to find ways to improve the existing system. First, the present SWM system is reviewed. Then the system is evaluated to find constraints and shortfalls and finally some appropriate strategies are proposed that may help make SWM in the city more effective and efficient to meet environmentally sound objectives.
authors.affiliation: Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University, P.O. Box 22, Thammasat Rangsit Post Office, Pathumthani 12121, Thailand. veasna_kum@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Veasna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kum
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharp
authors.forename: Napat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harnpornchai
mesh_terms: D002160:Cambodia; D002947:Cities; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D012924:Social Conditions; D013672:Technology / Q000639:trends