Environment Minister Eang Sophalleth said the ministry was continuing to place greater emphasis on technology and good governance to promote cleanliness in Cambodia. This includes cooperation on proper waste-storage infrastructure and encouragement for waste-recycling industries to reduce waste, environmental pollution and climate impacts. He noted that waste is one of six priority sectors in Cambodia’s international commitments under its third Nationally Determined Contribution, NDC 3.0, which sets a 55% greenhouse-gas reduction target for 2035.
The minister made the remarks while attending the Belt and Road Green Innovation Conference 2025 under the theme “Working Together to Promote Green Development” in Beijing, China, on 17–19 October 2025.
During the visit, the minister led a delegation to Wangneng, a company operating a waste-to-electricity plant under MIZUDA Group in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China.
The company uses modern technology and artificial-intelligence control systems to process around 2,500 tonnes of municipal waste a day to generate electricity. The minister expressed interest and encouraged the company to consider investing in waste processing to modernise waste and solid-waste management, develop waste-to-energy industries and turn waste into bioplastics.
The Ministry of Environment is working closely with relevant ministries and institutions, subnational administrations, authorities at all levels, residents and national and international partners to strengthen the management of rubbish, solid waste and plastic waste. This follows government policies and the first-phase strategy in the seventh legislature of the National Assembly, based on three pillars: cleanliness, greenness and sustainability.
The ministry has launched campaigns, encouraged commitments and introduced numerous activities involving millions of participants to reduce plastic-bag use, clean up, pick up litter and collect and store rubbish and plastic waste in public spaces, schools, pagodas and along roads. The aim is a cleaner Cambodia, less environmental pollution and a response to climate change.
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Television — By: Pai Sokhim
