Brands’ waste ‘used as fuel in brick kilns’

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PHNOM PENH – The garment waste of global brands, including Adidas, C&A, Disney, Gap, Lululemon, Primark, Reebok and Walmart, is contributing to human rights and environmental damage in Cambodia’s brick factories, according to a new report.

The report, by the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), was based on visits to 21 brick factories in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, and the neighbouring province of Kandal, as well as interviews with workers.

PHNOM PENH – The garment waste of global brands, including Adidas, C&A, Disney, Gap, Lululemon, Primark, Reebok and Walmart, is contributing to human rights and environmental damage in Cambodia’s brick factories, according to a new report.

The report, by the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), was based on visits to 21 brick factories in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, and the neighbouring province of Kandal, as well as interviews with workers.

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