Recycling warehouse, big distribution for cardboard and paper, on the edge of Phnom Penh

A young teenager operates heavy lifting gear to move bales of cardboard in a large recycling warehouse, which operates big distribution for cardboard and paper, on the edge of Phnom Penh. The small warehouses and street side recyclers bring their cardboard and paper here in small lorries. The cardboard is packed tightly into large bundles and then exported to Thailand and Vietnam. There is one factory which recycles cardboard in Cambodia.

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A young teenager operates heavy lifting gear to move bales of cardboard in a large recycling warehouse, which operates big distribution for cardboard and paper, on the edge of Phnom Penh. The small warehouses and street side recyclers bring their cardboard and paper here in small lorries. The cardboard is packed tightly into large bundles and then exported to Thailand and Vietnam. There is one factory which recycles cardboard in Cambodia.