A labourer uses a knife to rip out lining from a tyre at a rubber recycling workshop in the village of Mit al-Harun in Egypt's central Nile delta Gharbia Governorate, about 70 kilometres (43 miles) north of the capital, on January 14, 2020, according to AFP.
Residents of Mit al-Harun have for decades eked out a living by recycling old tyres into new rubber-based products. From early morning, workers covered in soot and dust can be seen sharpening their knives to cut the huge tyres stockpiled on the village's roadsides.
With the material they extract, they make baskets, powder for landscaping and alternative fuels. The small village has become renowned as the country's rubber recycling hub.
