The remains of a ship used in the First World War to block the entrance to Scapa Flow to prevent German submarines attacking the British fleet stationed there in WW1 and WW2. In the background is an o...

The Ninian Northern oil rig being de-commissioned at Dales Voe in Shetland. In 2020 the Shetland council voted to look at ways of obtaining financial and political independence from Scotland. Shetland...

Overflowing clothing donations and items for recycling at a supermarket in North London. Many recycling centres have been closed because of the coronavirus lockdown.

PC Francesca Wheatley (left) interviews a man who complained of someone ransacking the family's recycling bin. Police believe the man stashed something there during a police action the previous night.

A man collecting rubbish in the city's casbah transports it through the narrow streets on the back of donkeys.

Ash from the furnaces is collected and dumped at Covanta Waste-to-Energy plant, Westbury, New York. The plant feeds rubbish into giant furnaces that produce steam to turn a turbine and produce electri...

Covanta Waste-to-Energy plant, Westbury, New York. The plant feeds rubbish into giant furnaces that produce steam to turn a turbine and produce electricity.

Covanta Waste-to-Energy plant, Westbury, New York. The plant feeds rubbish into giant furnaces that produce steam to turn a turbine and produce electricity.

Garbage is burnt in a furnace at Covanta Waste-to-Energy plant, Westbury, New York. The plant feeds rubbish into giant furnaces that produce steam to turn a turbine and produce electricity.

A crane operator at Covanta Waste-to-Energy plant, Westbury, New York. The plant feeds rubbish into giant furnaces that produce steam to turn a turbine and produce electricity.

The loading bay at Covanta Waste-to-Energy plant, Westbury, New York. The plant feeds rubbish into giant furnaces that produce steam to turn a turbine and produce electricity.

Covanta Waste-to-Energy plant, Westbury, New York. The plant feeds rubbish into giant furnaces that produce steam to turn a turbine and produce electricity.

The control room at Covanta Waste-to-Energy plant, Westbury, New York. The plant feeds rubbish into giant furnaces that produce steam to turn a turbine and produce electricity.

A crane operator at Covanta Waste-to-Energy plant, Westbury, New York. The plant feeds rubbish into giant furnaces that produce steam to turn a turbine and produce electricity.

Covanta Waste-to-Energy plant, Westbury, New York. The plant feeds rubbish into giant furnaces that produce steam to turn a turbine and produce electricity.