Turning trash into treasure in Cairo (AFP)

A man is seen sorting out collected garbage in the Zabalin area in Cairo, a predominantly Christian area where garbage collectors live. Residents of Cairo's slums are testing a new method to generate clean energy and reduce pollution in the Egyptian capital: produce domestic gas from organic waste.(AFP/File/Cris Bouroncle)AFP – In an attempt to help curb the city’s stifling pollution and meet their energy needs too, a few Cairo families have begun to recycle waste — now that the nation’s pigs are gone — by generating biogas from rubbish.

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