21 Feb 2018 | PFC People
So, I had been working with a UK waste management/recycling/energy recovery business for 9 years. My fantastic boss retired, the role changed and I became fed up with doing the same type of work. There were redundancies so I took the opportunity, feeling that I had to... read more
17 Feb 2018 | Plastic Free
How did it all begin…? In June 2014, Sarah Rhodes, an Australia, attended an intensive training program on climate leadership, facilitated by Al Gore, former US Vice President and became part of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps. More inspired than ever and as part... read more
30 Jan 2018 | Plastic Free
Changing the way we use plastic at Victoria Angkor Plastic Free Case Study The Challenge Siem Reap is experiencing a rapidly growing tourism industry and the affects of that pressure on environment has become apparent. In order to modernise and meet tourist demands,... read more
20 Dec 2017 | PFC People
Mission to Cambodia Siem Reap, Cambodia. How did I end up here? Over the years, I volunteered in several different parts of the world from Ghana to Kenya to the Dominican Republic, doing school-building projects and microfinance work, and teaching. While I enjoyed... read more
14 Dec 2017 | PFC People
Faced with concerns about single-use plastic in her guesthouse in Kampot, Fie began to look for solutions. She first contacted PFC to source metal straws to use for their drinks and for visitors to buy. Fie previously worked in the service industry in her native... read more
20 Aug 2017 | PFC People, Plastic Free
Kheng grew up around 70kms, north of Siem Reap, for his high school he had to move to Siem Reap, where he later went to university to study English literature. His professional career has begun in hospitality learning about customer service and restaurant manager and... read more
14 Jun 2017 | Education, Plastic Free
A common fear amongst travelers to Cambodia is safe drinking water. Here’s a guide to where you can get drinkable water without using 4.6 million plastic bottles. In Siem Reap, it’s estimated that 4.6 million water bottles are generated by the tourism industry alone.... read more
28 Mar 2017 | Event, Plastic Free
Curbing Entropy The last few months we have had the great pleasure of working with a highly motivated artist who creates sculptures from plastic trash. John Melvin has a huge list of projects under his belt and when he reached out to Plastic Free Cambodia, we wanted... read more
20 Feb 2017 | Event, Plastic Free
When PFC partnered with ChubMet Music and Arts Festival, we were excited to make the first step on this journey, but we were also setting realistic expectations. Why? This is the first event in Siem Reap to partner with a green organisation and try to create... read more
7 Feb 2017 | Event, Plastic Free
This year we make a very important step. We are invited to partner with ChubMet Music Festival in February 2017, where we will start the process of leading major events to a lower waste, lower mess reality. The first step is the hardest and the most important,... read more
