Men in front of rubbish in the Phom Penh city center. Rubbish lines a market backstreet of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. Asia. Stung Meanchey was a municipal rubbish dump on the outskirts of Cambodia’s captial city Phnom Penh which over a period of 20 years, grew to cover more than 100 acres. In 2009, when Small Steps Project first visited the dump, there were between 500-1000 people working on the dump every day. At least half of these were children. This included approximately 100 people living directly on the rubbish. There were countless more living in slums around the dump.
Men in front of rubbish in the Phom Penh city center. Rubbish lines a market backstreet of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. Asia. Stung Meanchey was a municipal rubbish dump on the outskirts of Cambodia’s captial city Phnom Penh which over a period of 20 years, grew to cover more than 100 acres. In 2009, when Small Steps Project first visited the dump, there were between 500-1000 people working on the dump every day. At least half of these were children. This included approximately 100 people living directly on the rubbish. There were countless more living in slums around the dump.
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