Photographer based in Cairo, Egypt >> Shawn Baldwin

Zabaleen, Egypt

Men broke plastic containers into smaller pieces that will be recycled at a small factory. The zabaleen and their supporters argue that if the people of Cairo could be taught to separate organic and inorganic waste before throwing out their household trash, the problem could be solved. The pigs could be raised in farms outside of the city and the organic waste could be carted out there daily. May 2009.
Men broke plastic containers into smaller pieces that will be recycled at a small factory. The zabaleen and their supporters argue that if the people of Cairo could be taught to separate organic and inorganic waste before throwing out their household trash, the problem could be solved. The pigs could be raised in farms outside of the city and the organic waste could be carted out there daily. May 2009.