Rahul (11) walks bare foot over piles of rubble as he collects plastic with his father to sell to recyclers on the outskirts of the city. Rahul was doing well at school until the coronavirus lockdown...

Rahul (11) walks bare foot over piles of rubble as he collects plastic with his father to sell to recyclers on the outskirts of the city. Rahul was doing well at school until the coronavirus lockdown...

Rekha and her mother collecting scrap metal and other waste items from the city streets to sell to recyclers on the outskirts of the city.

Rekha collecting scrap metal and other waste items from the city streets to sell to recyclers on the outskirts of the city.

People searching through items abandoned by sellers at flee market.

Ben (73) with an iron railing that he has found in an derelict house. Ben drove to one of the many abandoned houses in Youngstown to search for materials he could use for his own house in nearby Austi...

A man pushes a cart loaded with sacks full of recyclable material down a street in the city centre.

Ben (73) with an iron railing that he has found in an derelict house. Ben drove to one of the many abandoned houses in Youngstown to search for materials he could use for his own house in nearby Austi...

Wilton International industrial site outside Redcar. Originally a chemical plant, it also deals in energy generation, plastics recycling and process manufacturing.

Able UK, a company that specialises in the decommissioning of large marine structures such as the Shell-Esso Brent Alpha offshore drilling platform seen in the background, as well as ships including t...

Able UK, a company that specialises in the decommissioning of large marine structures such as the Shell-Esso Brent Alpha offshore drilling platform seen in the background, as well as ships including t...

A family searching through rubbish for anything that can be sold on for recycling in Muqattam, a poor Christian suburb. The inhabitants are known as the Zabaleen, a minority community of Coptic Christ...

A truck loaded with compacted rubbish in Muqattam, a poor Christian suburb whose inhabitants are known as the Zabaleen, a minority community of Coptic Christians who have for many years served as the...

People gather among sacks of rubbish in Muqattam, a poor Christian suburb whose inhabitants are known as the Zabaleen, a minority community of Coptic Christians who have for many years served as the c...

A child stands among sacks of rubbish in Muqattam, a poor Christian suburb whose inhabitants are known as the Zabaleen, a minority community of Coptic Christians who have for many years served as the...