Rubbish collection in Cairo

23,000 tons247.8 kg65%Garbage produced per day in 2013 (Greater Cairo)Garbage produced per year per inhabitant in 2014 (Egypt)Percentage of rubbish collected in Greater Cairo in 2013 The collection of rubbish in Cairo has been in the hands of rag-pickers since at least the 16th century. During the 19th century it became the preserve of wahiya, people from the oases who had migrated to the capital. They were gradually replaced from the 1930s by the zabbaleen*, mostly Coptic Christians original...