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Recycling workers manufacture plastic in the area of Manchiyet Nasser, in Mokattem, Cairo, Egypt, 14 June 2022 (issued 20 July 2022). According to leaders of the Zabbaleen community in Mokattem, five thousand tons of garbage are collected everyday by the Zabbaleen (garbage collectors) living and working in the area of Manchiyet Nasser. They estimate up to 85 percent of the garbage collected are being recycled. The neighborhood of Manchiyet Nasser has nearly 5,000 workshops recycling plastic, aluminum and cardboards. The organic garbage is used to feed the pigs and the other animals owned by the families of the area. About ten percent of the garbage cannot be recycled and is collected by the Association of Garbage Collectors for Community Development. (Photo by Khaled Elfiqi/EPA/EFE)
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