Garbage City, part of Manshiyat Naser in Cairo, is home to the Zabbaleen, a community that has managed much of Cairo’s waste for decades. Around 20,000 to 30,000 residents work in an informal system that once recycled up to 80 percent of the city’s trash, far higher than most modern systems. Families sort garbage by hand inside their homes, selling plastic, paper, metal, and glass by weight. Most residents are Coptic Christian and have faced long-standing stigma and poor infrastructure despite p

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