The ZABBALEEN of Cairo, Egypt They collect 4,000 tons of garbage a day…

and recycle almost ALL of it! The Zabbaleen are able to recycle 80% of what they collect whereas modern garbage companies can only recycle 20-25%.

The Zabbaleen (Egyptian Arabic: زبالين Zabbalīn, IPA: [zæbbæˈliːn]) are teenagers and adults who have served as Cairo's informal garbage collectors for approximately the past 70 to 80 years. Zabbaleen means "Garbage people" in Egyptian Arabic. [2] Egyptian Arabic[zæbbæˈliːn]CairoEgyptian Arabic [2] For several generations, the Zabbaleen supported themselves by collecting trash door-to-door from the residents of Cairo for nearly no charge. Notably, the Zabbaleen recycle up to 80 percent of the waste that they collect, whereas most Western garbage collecting companies can only recycle 20 to 25 percent of the waste that they collect. [6][7]recycle [6][7]

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