Zabbaleen community
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The Zabbaleen community is a predominantly Coptic Christian group in Cairo known for informally collecting and recycling much of the city’s waste, achieving exceptionally high recycling rates despite living in impoverished conditions.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
informal waste-collecting community
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religious minority community ⓘ social group ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Zabaleen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zabbalin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
environmental sustainability practices
ⓘ
informal economy ⓘ |
| basedIn | Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedInCountry | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
informal waste trading
ⓘ
selling sorted recyclables ⓘ small-scale recycling workshops ⓘ |
| environmentalImpact |
high material recovery rates
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reduces volume of waste sent to landfills ⓘ |
| facesChallenge |
competition from multinational waste companies
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health risks from waste handling ⓘ lack of formal recognition ⓘ periodic government relocation efforts ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| hasDemographic | includes many children working in waste sorting ⓘ |
| hasEthnoReligiousBackground | predominantly Coptic Christian ⓘ |
| hasPractice |
family-based waste collection routes
ⓘ
home-based sorting of waste ⓘ reuse and repair of discarded items ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin |
migrants from rural Upper Egypt
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settled on Cairo’s outskirts in the mid-20th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
door-to-door garbage collection
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informal waste collection ⓘ pig-based organic waste recycling before 2009 ⓘ recycling urban solid waste ⓘ sorting and recovering recyclables ⓘ very high recycling rates ⓘ |
| language | Egyptian Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livesIn |
impoverished conditions
ⓘ
informal settlements in Cairo ⓘ |
| mainSettlement |
Garbage City
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manshiyat Naser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Arabic term related to garbage collectors ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic | marginalized urban poor ⓘ |
| recyclingRate | often cited as 80–90 percent of collected waste ⓘ |
| religion | Coptic Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInCity | major provider of waste management services in Cairo ⓘ |
| socialStatus | stigmatized by wider society ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
anthropological studies
ⓘ
documentary films ⓘ urban development research ⓘ |
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