Egypt's 'Garbage City' recyclers reap gains from Iran war plastic squeeze
Culture Index
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Relevance
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Freshness
25/25
Authority
10/20
Brand Signal
11/15
Depth
6/15
5-Axis Cultural Radar
In the labyrinthine alleyways of Cairo’s Garbage City, recycling specialist Peter Romany finds himself fielding calls from factories scrambling for plastic to plug supply shortfalls caused by the US-Israel war on Iran. The 25-year-old is among the hundreds of recyclers and manufacturers across Egypt benefiting from a war-driven surge in demand ever since the United States and Iran choked off the S
