Zabbaleen: The Garbage Pickers of Cairo, Egypt

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Zabbaleen is an Arabic word meaning “garbage people.” Laurie Neff reports from Egypt’s capital Cairo on these Zabbaleen who are active and enterprising recyclers, and what they can teach people in other huge cities around the world about rubbish re-use.

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