Feasibility of Primary School in Phnom Penh by Using Recycled Materials

Abstract

Phnom Penh is facing a huge problem with increasing waste and lacking waste management due to the rapidly increasing population, economic growth and expanding urbanization. Looking back at education, the shortage of school still is a problem for children from poor families or poor communities. At the same time, their community has so many wastes that are neglected and not properly stored. The purpose of the study is a discussion the feasibility of primary school in Phnom Penh by using recycled materials locally. The recycled materials building encourages the population to value waste, reuse or recycle, and arrange them. This work will descript the potential materials in Phnom Penh, consumption, the materials property, and method of installations. Moreover, the proposition a primary school’s project at a slum community in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. As the result, the filled plastic bottle by plastic debris is the main material due to its property, and its consumption. The primary school’s project spends around 860 000 bottles. That amounts are collectible in its district within a week to five weeks. In addition, plastic bottle property is comparable with clay brick and concrete. However, the required US$ 309024 with 40 workers contrasts with vision provides low-cost school to the school shortage issues in Phnom Penh. Therefore, this project requires the full participation of the workforce by the people in the community.