Inside Cairo's Garbage City, Where Waste Becomes a Way of Life

CAIRO, EGYPT - Residents of Manshiyat Nasser, widely known as "Garbage City," sort, recycle and process waste collected from across Cairo. The neighborhood is home to the Zabbaleen, a predominantly Coptic Christian community that has managed the Egyptian capital's waste for generations. Collecting refuse from a metropolitan area of more than 20 million people, the Zabbaleen recycle up to 80 percent of the materials they gather, creating one of the world's most efficient informal recycling systems. Photo: Hanna Eichner / MedPress.