Ministry of Environment launches third phase of campaign to clean up Cambodia

With the success of its ongoing second-phase campaign, "Clean Cambodia! Khmer Can Do!", the Ministry of Environment will launch its third phase, focusing on garbage storage and segregation, to make Cambodia clean by 2025.

The plan was unveiled by H.E. Dr Eang Sophalleth, Minister of Environment, at the opening ceremony of the 4th Seedling Promotion and Distribution Exhibition on 10 July in Phnom Penh under the theme "Green Sprouts"

The campaign must start with students and workers to instil a clean environment mindset in them so that the effort can be sustained throughout Cambodia, the minister said.

He explained that if students, youth and workers stop or reduce the use of plastic and choose a clean environment, their children and grandchildren will do the same.

It is a long-term strategy of the government and the ministry to ensure clean homes, society and country for the better health and well-being of all Cambodians, which will eventually attract more tourists, he added.

The ministry's first-phase campaign, "Today I Don't Use Plastic", involved more than 8.5 million students, workers and other Cambodians from all walks of life.

Building on this success, the second phase of the campaign, "Clean Cambodia! Khmer Can Do' was launched, and over the past two months has attracted the participation of 385 communes and sangkats in 76 cities, districts and towns in 16 capital cities and provinces.