Out of Nile, into tile: Young Egyptians battle plastic plague
A worker on December 8, 2022 sorts through shredded plastic waste at a workshop of the startup company "TileGreen" in Egypt, where it is recycled into eco-friendly interlocking tiles used in outdoor walkways. PHOTO | AHMED HASAN | AFP
Entrepreneurial young Egyptians are helping combat their country's huge plastic waste problem by recycling junk-food wrappers, water bottles and similar garbage that usually ends up in landfills or the Nile.
