International Consultant for Geospatial Waste Fee Payment System for Cambodia Solid Waste and Plastic Management Improvement Project

Introduction

The objective of the solid waste and plastic management improvement project (the Project) is to improve solid waste and plastic management in selected areas. The project will be implemented over a period of 6 years (2023-2029), and budget of US$67.3 million will be allocated for the following four components: Component 1 – Institutional Strengthening for Solid Waste and Plastic Management (US$ 4.32 million, implemented by Ministry of Environment), Component 2 – Integrated Solid Waste and Plastic Management, Planning, Monitoring, and Capacity Building for Participating Provinces, Municipalities and Districts (US$8.42 million, implemented by Ministry of Interior). Component 3 – Solid Waste and Plastic Management Infrastructure (US$54.56, implemented by Ministry of Public Works and Transport) and Component 4 –emergency response with zero allocation has been provisioned for the Bank to provide emergency support in the event of a natural disaster, emergency and/or catastrophic event.

The Project Development Objective (PDO) and Key Results Indicators

The PDO is to improve solid waste and plastic management in selected areas, and in case of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, respond promptly and effectively to it. There are three PDO level indicators that will be measured through the following indicators: (i) Proportion of population in selected areas with regular household waste collection, to be measured by the percentage of population that will have regular waste collection; (ii) the landfill disposal capacity operational per defined criteria, to be measured by the amount of landfill disposal capacity that will be realized under the project in Cubic Meter (m3); (iii) plastics policies, guidelines, or standards developed, to be measured by the number of policies, guidelines or standards developed; and (iv) the percentage of municipal solid waste recovered, recycled, composted and/or treated with other techniques.