Pigs & Stones

The Zabbaleen are Cairo’s garbage collectors. The Zabbaleen use donkey-pulled carts and pick-up trucks to transport the garbage they collect from the residents of Cairo. The Zabbaleen run one of the most efficient recycling systems in the world. They regularly gather about two-thirds of Cairo’s waste, recycling around 85%. 　　In 2009 the Mubarak government destroyed more than 300,...