Documentary on Egyptian Zabaleen Recyclers

Look, I'm not alone.   Here is a clip from a documentary, Garbage Dreams, by Mai Iskander, on how Egyptian Recyclers perceived the efforts to bring "modern Western formal recycling practices" into the "informal market".  Rebroadcast on PBS, the film "Garbage Dreams" could in my opinion have been done in the Philippines, in Mumbai, in Columbia, Venezuela, or Accra.



When you see people eating stale bread, just how proud can you be to start a non-profit to raise a million dollars to stop them from getting stale bread?  Like stopping their recycling trade is the answer?  I'm sorry to use a mallet you guys, but it stopped being stupid two years ago and started being evil when they stepped on the white box refurbishing market. 

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