Phnom Penh: Recently, Mr. Lao Kimchhi, Deputy Director of the Department of Inspection and Enforcement of the General Department of Environmental Protection, led experts and the Kandal Provincial Environment Department to inspect a plastic processing factory in Prek Samrong Village, Roka Khup Sangkat, Takhmao City, Kandal Province and found cases of non-compliance with legal standards related to the environmental sector.
According to the Ministry of Environment’s Facebook page on July 22, 2025, the working group has taken measures to require the industry to stop discharging liquid waste from plastic washing and plastic fiber washing into public water sources. At the same time, the industry must prepare an initial environmental impact assessment report and prepare a treatment tank to clean the dirty liquid waste from plastic washing. In addition, the factory must recover approximately 100 cubic meters of plastic waste for a transport company to be transported by a service provider licensed by the Ministry of Environment and must apply for a waste discharge permit from the Ministry of Environment.
In addition, the Ministry of Environment has taken action by requiring the factory to stop discharging liquid waste from plastic cleaning and plastic fiber water into public water sources.
At the same time, the factory was subject to interim penalties for cases such as: no initial environmental impact assessment report according to Article 668 of the Environment and Natural Resources Code, no treatment tank to clean the liquid waste from plastic washing according to Article 287 of the Environment and Natural Resources Code, without a waste discharge permit, according to Article 173 of the Environment and Natural Resources Code, and the craft must compensate for damage to the environment and public health according to the actual calculation of the expert officer, in accordance with Articles 162 and 163 of the Environment and Natural Resources Code.
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