18 year old Zabaleen man Bahaa makes black coat hangers from recycled plastic picked out from garbage collected from the homes a

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He has been doing the job since he was 13 and earns 6 a day The Zabaleen are a community of Coptic Christians largely residing in the Cairo suburb of Moqqatam and are said to be the world s greatest recyclers

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Location: Moqqatam, Cairo, Egypt
Photo credit: © Richard Splash / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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