Rotten food, empty cans and countless plastic bags cover the streets of Alexandria. For the last five years, the quantities and forms of rubbish have steadily grown, as have the height of trash piles.

For Alexandrians the sea of litter is not only an aesthetic problem but also a health issue. Still, no one wants to take responsibility. Everyone blames others for the dirty streets: Citizens complain about poorly managed trash collection, while collection companies blame illegal garbage collectors, for whom rubbish collection is their only source of income.

Rotten food, empty cans and countless plastic bags cover the streets of Alexandria. For the last five years, the quantities and forms of rubbish have steadily grown, as have the height of trash piles.

For Alexandrians the sea of litter is not only an aesthetic problem but also a health issue. Still, no one wants to take responsibility. Everyone blames others for the dirty streets: Citizens complain about poorly managed trash collection, while collection companies blame illegal garbage collectors, for whom rubbish collection is their only source of income.

Many citizens agree that the problem could be solved if garbage were collected directly from households again, as it was before the revolution.