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In Cairo, there is a group of people known as the Zabaleen. The term means "garbage collectors," and for years, they have collected and recycled huge bundles of trash that come in from the richer areas of Cairo. About 80 percent of the city's trash is recycled in the slums, where the Zabaleen reside.

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