Excursion to dumpsite, SAB, WWTP and informal settlement

A first excursion to the dumpsite, the social waste management centre Battambang (SAB), the wastewater treatment plant and an informal settlement in Battambang helped to create a common understanding of the challenges. The German and Cambodian students have been equally impressed by what they have seen, as almost none of them has been aware of the complexity of environmental problems related to missing basic infrastructure systems or see these problems in reality respectively.

Please click on one of the pictures to enlarge and see the slideshow with impressions from the field trip.

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