The Egyptian neighbourhood recycling vast amounts of rubbish - in pictures

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Recycling workers manufacture plastic in the Manchiyet Nasser area of Mokattem, in Cairo. Leaders of the Zabbaleen community in Mokattem say 5,000 tonnes of waste are collected every day. They estimate that up to 85 per cent of the rubbish collected is recycled. All photos: EPA

Recycling workers manufacture plastic in the Manchiyet Nasser area of Mokattem, in Cairo. Leaders of the Zabbaleen community in Mokattem say 5,000 tonnes of waste are collected every day. They estimate that up to 85 per cent of the rubbish collected is recycled. All photos: EPA

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