Enrique Lopez-Tapia / ENCE Company Paper mill at night, Navia, Asturias Spain, April 2006 No release available.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Gas flare at a Gazprom oil production facility near Noviy Urengoy. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Worker silhouetted by red hot metal at the copper foundry in Norilsk. Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Converter aisle in the copper foundry at Norilsk. Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Inaki Relanzon / Traditional silk factory, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, Burma August 2009

Gavin Hellier / Entrance gateway to a Pyongyang factory, Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, 2012

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Men working in a silk factory, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, June 2012.

Oriol Alamany / Transvaal Sugar Factory, Malelane, Transvaal, South Africa, September.

Ernie Janes / Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris) processing plant in the Fens, Norfolk, UK, January 2008

Ernie Janes / Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris) processing plant in the Fens, Norfolk, UK, January 2008

Kirkendall-Spring / Smoke from chimneys of wood fibers factory in the town of Jesup, Georgia, USA, November 2008

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Rainbow over the dock buildings and mining hardware. Longyearbyen. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 2006.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Rainbow over Taubanesentralen, the funicular centre for coal, Skjaeringa, Longyearbyen. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 2006.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Gas flare at a Gazprom oil production facility near Noviy Urengoy. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Derrick at the Yorharovo Neftgaz production facility north of Noviy Urengoi. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Yorharovo Neftgaz production facility north of Noviy Urengoi. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Juergen Freund / A factory of women taking the meat out of cooked Blue swimmer crabs (Portunus pelagicus) to pack for export to America. Northern Palawan, Phillipines, May 2009

Pete Oxford / Cork Oak (Quercus suber) bark being stacked and loaded onto trucks for transporting to the factories, San Vicente de Alcantara, Extremadura, Spain

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Worker using respirator against sulphur dioxide gas in the copper foundry in Norilsk. Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Russian women working on production line in Cristall Vodka Distillery in Moscow, Russia, 2003.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Converter aisle in the copper foundry at Norilsk. Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Fabio Liverani / Factory worker stoking the fire, Blu Field Tea Factory, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. June 2010

Dan Burton / Aerial view of China Clay pits and factory, Cornwall. England, UK April 2010

Inaki Relanzon / Aerial view of traditional brick factory, near Tana, Madagascar. November 2008

Inaki Relanzon / Aerial view of people working at a traditional brick factory, near Tana, Madagascar, Africa. November 2008

Inaki Relanzon / Aerial view of people working at a traditional brick factory, near Tana, Madagascar, Africa. November 2008

Robin Chittenden / Cantley sugar beet factory with smoke belching from its chimneys, in snow, Norfolk, UK. December 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Woman working in a traditional silk factory, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, Burma August 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Traditional silk factory, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, Burma August 2009

Gary K. Smith / Wissington Sugar Beet (Beta Vulgaris) factory at dusk, Norfolk, England, UK, January

Gary K. Smith / Wissington Sugar Beet (Beta Vulgaris) factory at dusk, Norfolk, England, UK, January

Philippe Clement / Pollution from petrochemical industry showing chimneys encompassed with smoke, Antwerp harbour, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Chimneys and smoke from oil refinery in Antwerp harbour, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Chimney and smoke from oil refinery in Antwerp harbour, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Chimneys and smoke from oil refinery in Antwerp harbour, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Chimneys and smoke from oil refinery in Antwerp harbour, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Chimneys and smoke from oil refinery in Antwerp harbour, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Chimneys and smoke from oil refinery in Antwerp harbour, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Chimneys and smoke from oil refinery in Antwerp harbour, Belgium

Doug Wechsler / Petroleum refinery, Philadelphia, USA

David Noton / Air pollution: sun shining through smoke from the Sevalco plant at Avonmouth, Bristol, UK

David Noton / Air pollution: sun shining through smoke at the Sevalco plant, Avonmouth, Bristol, UK

Rick Tomlinson / Factory on the coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. ^^^ The picture was taken while cruising on superyacht Adele on her maiden voyage to the area in 2005.

Rick Tomlinson / Factory on the coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. ^^^ The picture was taken while cruising on superyacht Adele on her maiden voyage to the area in 2005.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Woman working in a cigar factory in Pinar Del Rio, a small town about 50 Km from Havana, Cuba.