More Value in Cairo’s Trash, but Less for Those Who Collect It The war in Iran has brought an unexpected boom to Egypt's Zabaleen district, where the capital's waste is sorted and recycled.
For years, this area was synonymous with poverty and exploitation, but now it seems that the trash itself holds more value than ever before.
The surge in demand for recyclable materials has driven prices up dramatically, with buyers snapping up everything from paper to plastic.