No rules in this job': Cairo's violent waste wars pit sorters against startups

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Submitted by lalit on Fri, 2019-04-12 14:49

“People do not just fight over garbage here, I have seen them fight to the death over garbage,” says Samaan Girgis. “There are no rules in this job.”

thesaurus: 
Solid Waste
Garbage
Waste Management
Egypt
Waste Recycling
Africa
Main Topic: 
Solid Waste
Name of the Newspaper: 
Guardian (UK)
Mark Content Private(Internal): 
Clipping Type: 
DNB
External URL: 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/12/no-rules-in-this-job-cairo-waste-wars-pit-sorters-against-startups-abaleen-garbage-people
Publication Date: 
12/04/2019