Cairo confronts the challenges of modernizing and sanitizing its already very resourceful waste collection system, which is founded upon the recycling efforts of a poor class known as the Zabbaleen.
Copenhagen, Denmark, is no longer using landfills as a general solution to its waste problems. Instead, the city has been reducing waste and using that which is produced as a resource that can be recycled or incinerated for energy.
Many Japanese cities are working hard to reduce waste due to lack of space to contain it. The Eco Town Programme of Kawasaki, Japan, mainly focuses on recycling between industries.
In Kiberas slum in the outskirts of Nairobi, people have joined forces and created compostable waste facilities that generate sufficient income to maintain new toilet facilities and surrounding park.
