CRDT has successfully completed its waste management project in Kratie. CRDT worked with key stakeholders in waste management including the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the Asia Foundation, Composted, Kratie Municipality Administration, Phare Creative Studio, the waste collection private sector, community based organizations, schoolteachers and students. The project was part of a broader regional effort supported by GIZ - the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle to Protect Marine Environment and Coral Reefs (3RproMar) initiative. CRDT installed waste recycling and collection services and fostered behavior change to reduce and recycle plastic waste.
The Behavior Change Campaign (BCC) aimed to raise awareness, foster behavior change, and encourage sustainable waste management practices among the community. We developed a portfolio of communication tools and channels to deliver the message, including a logo, billboards, videos, mobile audio messages, static posts, online platforms, and a comic book (The River Monster) for children. A clean-up campaign mobilized residents to attack street and riverbank litter.
Koh Trung island in the river Mekong has 370 households, but no waste collection service. Villagers burn their waste, releasing dangerous toxins into the environment. CRDT introduced a door-to-door waste collection service, four recycling banks, and home compost units.
Minister of Environment Eang Sophalleth, along with the ministry’s development partners (DPs), visited the project. “The project makes Koh Trung more beautiful and attracts national and international tourists to visit and enjoy the island,” commune chief Sam Buoy told the minister and other partners during their visit.
The Ministry of Environment has adopted the Koh Trung example as a national model for its Zero Waste Communities program.
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