Ezedin Muste, 23, is one of thousands of waste collectors known in Amharic as 'korale'Advertising Read more"Korale, korale," he shouted at regular intervals. It's a made-up word in Amharic that is now used for the thousands of collectors, almost all men, who hunt out everything from used jerry cans and electrical equipment to shoes, shovels and any other unwanted bric-a-brac. For a kilogramme of collected metal, he can get about 40 birr ($0.30) and for jerry cans, depending on the size, between three and 25 birr. "Waste can be transformed into money," he said with a smile. "It is also beneficial for Addis Ababa: if this waste were not collected, the city's landfills would overflow.

Source: Ethiopian News October 15, 2024 06:05 UTC