Plastic packing in Cambodia: waste problems and entrepreneurial solutions dataset
  • Description

    This project is concerned with alternative materials to non-biodegradable plastic and solutions to plastic waste pollution in Cambodia. The exploration of vernacular packaging and customary practices using materials such as palm-leaf, banana-leaf, rattan and bamboo is also under-explored compared to the ever-growing industries in bio-plastics and other biodegradable packaging materials. The research extends the amplification of hidden geographies of economic practices in Southeast Asia, keeping possibilities for viable alternatives to plastic more open ended and also promotes an open-minded approach to what counts as social entrepreneurship and who are social entrepreneurs. The dataset contains interview recordings from Knor Dombong and Sokurm.


    • Data publication title Plastic packing in Cambodia: waste problems and entrepreneurial solutions dataset
    • Description

      This project is concerned with alternative materials to non-biodegradable plastic and solutions to plastic waste pollution in Cambodia. The exploration of vernacular packaging and customary practices using materials such as palm-leaf, banana-leaf, rattan and bamboo is also under-explored compared to the ever-growing industries in bio-plastics and other biodegradable packaging materials. The research extends the amplification of hidden geographies of economic practices in Southeast Asia, keeping possibilities for viable alternatives to plastic more open ended and also promotes an open-minded approach to what counts as social entrepreneurship and who are social entrepreneurs. The dataset contains interview recordings from Knor Dombong and Sokurm.


    • Data type dataset
    • Keywords
      • plastic waste pollution
      • plastic packaging
      • Cambodian village
      • biodegradable alternatives
      • social enterprise
      • social entrepreneur
    • Funding source
      • Seed Box Environmental Humanities Collaboratory headquartered at Linköping University in Sweden, which is funded by The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning and The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research
    • Grant number(s)
      • - 20191.66219
    • FoR codes
      • 4406 - Human geography
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      Citation Lyne, Isaac : Plastic packaging in Cambodia: waste problems and entrepreneurial solutions dataset. Western Sydney University. https://doi.org/10.26183/jwfx-q105