2006: Living with Rubbish
The 2006 winners of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ/Royal Geographical Society's competition for travellers, Jessica Boyd and Bill Finnegan, visit an extraordinary community on the outskirts of Cairo.
Philosophy graduate Jessica Boyd and environmentalist Bill Finnegan were the 2006 winners of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ/Royal Geographical Society's annual competition for travellers who want to fulfil their dream journey.
This programme follows them as they visit the outskirts of Cairo, home to a community of 23,000 people whose livelihoods depend on the city's waste. The Zabbaleen came as pig-farmers from Upper Egypt 60 years ago to form a thriving and complex economy based on what others throw away.
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- Thu 27 Nov 2008 15:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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