Phnom Penh: The Ministry of Environment has called on citizens to participate in disposing of garbage properly and reduce the use of plastic bags during the Pchum Ben festival to maintain hygiene, improve the environment, improve cleanliness in communities, and promote public health.
The 2026 Pchum Ben festival season began on Sunday, September 27, 2026 (corresponding to the 1st day of the month of Phatthap, which is the 1st day of the Pchum Ben festival). In this major national festival of Cambodia, which lasts a total of 15 days.
The Ministry of Environment, through the spokesperson of the Ministry of Environment, encourages local authorities at all levels, stakeholders and the public to participate in implementing activities for cleanliness and greenness in Cambodia as follows:
1- Participate in organizing and storing garbage and solid waste neatly when visiting temples or other recreational areas and maintain cleanliness at temples and public resorts so that the grounds, temples and environment are clean and free of garbage and plastic waste.
2- Participate in reducing the use of plastic bags or single-use plastic materials and continue to follow the 4Rs principle (refuse, reduce, reuse and recycle).
3- At the same time, authorities and relevant parties have organized cleaning teams and disseminated knowledge to citizens to participate in cleaning the environment and properly store garbage in trash cans.
Please note that changing positive behavior in littering is an important contribution to the campaign to reduce plastic use under the theme “Today I do not use plastic bags”, the “Clean Cambodia, Khmer can do it” campaign and the “Clean Roads, Free of Garbage and Plastic Waste” campaign, and several other campaigns of the Ministry of Environment, which have been launched in line with the environmental sector’s Chakra strategy.
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