In other countries, scrap collectors scramble for cans and bottles. In Cambodia, especially in provinces which experienced heavy fighting, your local "etchay" may have a stash of bombs and bullets.
Authorities in Banteay Meanchey district on the Thailand border confiscated 6,000 bullets and more than 1,000 bombs and grenades from scrap collectors in the past two days, saying they posed a threat to public order as the seven raided storage areas are mostly located in built-up areas.
Police chief for O'Chrou district in Banteay Meanchey province, Ung Song Yue, said by telephone that raids had netted the dangerous haul but the operation was still not complete and the Cambodian Mine Action Center was cooperating to help dispose of the weapons safely.
"We will conduct an inventory Thursday but the total is likely to go higher," he said. "Cambodian scrap collectors sometimes think about money to eat with now more than their future."
Cambodia is still recovering from a 30-year civil war and remains littered with unexploded bombs and bullets, which contain valuable metals, including copper, and provide brave scrap collectors with lucrative incomes.
However, the toll of death and injury amongst these daring collectors is high and police said the bullets, bombs and grenades are usually old and potentially unstable. In other words, they could explode at any time.
Banteay Meanchey, close to several former Khmer Rouge strongholds, was the site of heavy fighting until just over a decade ago by a range of different armies, including feuding factions of the Khmer Rouge who attacked each other.