The Zabbaleen

Neider

· 26 Apr 2021

The Zabbaleen

#sustainability
These are a group located in Egypt , from Coptic Christians , which are recognized worldwide for their great work in garbage collection in the city of Cairo , for more than 50 years.

This group is dispersed in several regions including Cairo.

This community has organized a very effective, and above all, very committed collection and recycling system, in which they themselves are responsible for collecting garbage from door to door, usually free of charge, material that then happens to be transported with the help of trucks or donkey trolleys.

Then it happens to be classified usually with the help of pigs that feed and breed, and in the end sell the classified materials.

The Zabbaleen Group is worldwide famous for recycling, managing to reuse between 80% and 85% of waste, and is considered one of the most efficient and efficient recycling communities in the world.

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Eza Chavez

4 years ago

It can be very organized but it is also mistreated animals in many countries already prohibited the use of animals for these tasks

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Neider

4 years ago

@Eza Chavez That already comes from the government, but however, if you do some research you can find information in which the Egyptian government has helped them and allowed them to establish themselves as serious companies (Separately, although... Show more @Eza Chavez That already comes from the government, but however, if you do some research you can find information in which the Egyptian government has helped them and allowed them to establish themselves as serious companies (Separately, although ethnically still belong to that group) and part of that has been the fact that swap animals for trucks and vans, but that's the most traditional way

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