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Cairo has a waste problem that is too big for its public funding agencies and the Zabbaleen waste pickers to solve by themselves. It is one of the largest cities in the world of over 17 million inhabitants, producing more than 15,000 tons of waste every day. According to the World Bank, only 60% of all trash is properly collected, leading to a 0.4 - 0.6% loss of gross domestic product (GDP) to the Egyptian economy as a result. A…