SourceMaterial @source-material.org · Feb 13 🧵Twice a day, sirens sound in the shadow of Touk Meas Mountain in Kampot province, Cambodia. "We're often coughing," said Pheara, who lives nearby. Here, a cement kiln producing hazardous emissions is supposedly at the heart of the global fight against plastic pollution.
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A company called Tontoton transports plastic waste to be burned here in the kiln, saying it would otherwise end up in the ocean. It then sells 'plastic credits' to major companies. Scientists said burning plastic would produce cancer-causing dioxins and other toxic substances.