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VOETEN, Teun. Cairo garbage city. Reporters Magazine, 2012     In the impoverished Cairo neighboorhood Manshiayt Nasr, also known as El Mokattam or Garbage City, most people make a livingh sorting out and recycling garbage. The garbage collectors, in Arabic Zabaleen, are Coptic Christians who have worked in this business for the past 70 to 80 years. They used to be a marginalized group, but with the help of some local NGO&#8217;s, they started to organize themselves and now do relatively well.  Their recycle rate is among the highest of the world, 80 %. There are many small factories, where recycled materials are made into new products, such as plastic into coat hangers.  See here ... 