plastic piles up on phnom penh streets in fact cambodia's capital city is littered with plastic waste. the plastic tied starts to rise at 5 am in the street markets it's the packaging of choice of these traders and it spreads across the city as their goods are sold and distributed discarded plastic is simply swept to one side and whatever is left there just days their. feet to. the market traders all use plastic because it's best fish and vegetable merchants use plastic because it protects their goods from rain and damage. with a population of 5000000 phnom penh accumulates 3000 tons of garbage every day waste disposal workers are simply overwhelmed by the amount. and because there is