Location - Giza Province, Cairo, Egypt.

Groups involved - Two Egyptian men: "Ibrahim Salah and Ahmed Hussein", "Ministry of Local Development [granted a property for their workshop]"(Xinhuanet.com, 2020).

Background - "In July 2019, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said Egypt produces 26 million tons of rubbish annually, noting disposing of such big amounts of waste costs 10 billion Egyptian pounds (640 million U.S. dollars.)" (Xinhuanet.com, 2020)."It was initially the pressure of the lack of jobs and low salaries that prompted Ibrahim Salah and Ahmed Hussein, two friends from Giza Province near the capital Cairo, to put this recycling idea into practice" (Xinhuanet.com, 2020).

Aims - The project aims to resolve waste issues by "recycling old materials such as scrap metal and using them to make home decorations and furniture" (Xinhuanet.com, 2020).

Resources recycled - "scrap metal, machinery spare parts, spare car parts, old tires, pieces of wood [etc]" is recycled into "furniture, decorations and statues" (Xinhuanet.com, 2020).

Social impacts - According to Salah "In the near future, we will focus on organizing seminars for young people and children to teach them the art of recycling as well as raising their awareness of the value of recycling" (Xinhuanet.com, 2020).

Economic impacts - The two men have managed to generate a "stable source of income" for themselves (Xinhuanet.com, 2020).

Environmental impacts - According to Hussain: "Old items often go to the landfill, but we can make good use of such materials by recycling them into art" (Xinhuanet.com, 2020).

References -Xinhuanet.com. 2020. Feature: Young Egyptians Turn Waste Recycling Hobby Into Stable Source Of Income - Xinhua | English.News.Cn. [online] Available at: [Accessed 23 January 2021].