Alex Hyde / Saltend Chemical Plant at night, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK. January 2014. Digitally stitched panorama.

Alex Hyde / Brownfield site, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK. January 2014. Digitally stitched panorama.

Alex Hyde / Saltend Chemical Plant, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK. January 2014. Digitally stitched panorama.

Alex Hyde / Saltend Chemical Plant at dusk, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK.

Alex Hyde / Chimneys at Saltend Chemical Plant, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK, January 2014.

Alex Hyde / Saltend Chemical Plant, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK, January 2014.

Alex Hyde / Wrecked barge in front of Saltend Chemical Plant, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK, January 2014.

Alex Hyde / Brownfield site with chemical site in the background, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK, January 2014.

Alex Hyde / Saltend Chemical Plant at night, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK, January 2014.

David Woodfall / Wildflowers including Wild carrot (Daucus carota) and Ox eye daisies (Chrysanthemun leucanthemum) planted to benefit bees and other insects as part of the Friends of the Earth 'Bee Friendly' campaign....

David Woodfall / 'Bee Friendly' sign amongst wildflowers, part of Friends of the Earth project in partnership with Bron Afon Housing Association. Llantarnam Industrial Park, Cwmbran, South Wales, UK. July 2014.

David Woodfall / 'Bee Friendly' sign amongst wildflowers, part of Friends of the Earth project in partnership with Bron Afon Housing Association. Llantarnam Industrial Park, Cwmbran, South Wales, UK. July 2014.

David Woodfall / 'Bee Friendly' sign amongst wildflowers, part of Friends of the Earth project in partnership with Bron Afon Housing Association. Llantarnam Industrial Park, Cwmbran, South Wales, UK. July 2014.

Philippe Clement / Dock crane and heap of scrap metal for recycling, Port of Ghent, Belgium, July 2013.

Jean E. Roche / Fos-sur-Mer industrial complexes and salt marsh, Camargue, France, December 2012.

Jean E. Roche / Fos-sur-Mer industrial complexes and salt marsh, Camargue, France, December 2012.

Jean E. Roche / Fos-sur-Mer industrial complexes, Camargue, France, December 2012.

Ernie Janes / Marsh Helliborine (Epipactis helleborine) in chalk quarry, Norfolk, England, UK, July.

Pascal Tordeux / View inside a bank of electricity producing engines running on methane, part of a biogas plant, Spain, January, 2013.

Pascal Tordeux / Spirulina (Arthrospira) cultivation in heated greenhouses, using waste hot water from a biogas production process, Spain, January, 2013.

Pascal Tordeux / Spirulina (Arthrospira) cultivation in heated greenhouses, using waste hot water from a biogas production process, Spain, January, 2013.

Pascal Tordeux / Panoramic view of two anaerobic digesters in a biogas plant, Spain, January, 2013.

Pascal Tordeux / View of an anaerobic digester in a biogas plant, Spain, January, 2013.

Pascal Tordeux / Vertical filters in a biogas plant used to separate methane from carbon dioxide, water and oxygen, Spain January 2013

Pascal Tordeux / A pile of digestate, a waste product in the biogas production process, used as an organic soil improver, with a Biogas plant in the background, Spain, January 2013.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Logging station with piles of logs. Sayward, East Coast, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Logging station with piles of logs. Sayward, East Coast, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Sign at celebration of the opening of a new Tahini-production factory in Kondovo village, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Young woman in Balkan dress offering bread and honey at the celebration of the opening of a new Tahini-production factory in Kondovo village, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / School children dance group, celebration of the opening of a new Tahini-production factory in Kondovo village, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Nick Upton / Mallard pair (Anas platyrhynchos) foraging on snow covered meadow with Corsham Court in the background, Wiltshire, UK, January.

Roland Seitre / Eroded landscape around the Poro mines, with Araucaria (Araucaria sp.) tree, Houailou, North Province, New Caledonia, August 2012.

Roland Seitre / Ferns in eroded soil surrounding the Poro mines, Houailou, North Province, New Caledonia, August 2012.

Roland Seitre / Eroded landscape around the Poro mines, with Araucaria (Araucaria sp.) tree, Houailou, North Province, New Caledonia, August 2012.

Roland Seitre / Islet off Houailou with Cook Pines (Araucaria columnaris) and Poro mines. North Province, New Caledonia, August 2012.

Alex Mustard / Medieval mill building, now partly flooded in Capodacqua lake. Gran Sasso National Park, Abruzzo, Italy.

Alex Mustard / Diver photographs mediaeval mill building, now flooded in Capodacqua lake. Gran Sasso National Park, Abruzzo, Italy.

Marie Read / Old automobiles tyres on the shore of the Salton Sea, with gulls and industrial plant in the background. Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, USA, October 2010.

Marie Read / Old automobiles tyres on the shore of the Salton Sea, with gulls and industrial plant in the background. Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, USA, October 2010.

Nick Garbutt / Cemex cement works and limestone crushing plant. Shap Fell, Cumbria, UK. December 2008.

Gary K. Smith / Mechanised soil preparation, (bed forming) for commercial potato crop, with gulls, Norfolk, UK, March

Owen Newman / Young Lesser flamingoes {Phoeniconaias minor} drinking freshwater on the shores of Lake Natron, Tanzania. Lesser flamingoes are threatened in East Africa and Lake Natron (their only breeding site) is...

Owen Newman / Nesting colony of Lesser Flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} Lake Natron, Tanzania - Lesser flamingoes are threatened in East Africa and Lake Natron (their only breeding site) is now under threat from indu...

Owen Newman / Nesting colony of Lesser Flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} Lake Natron, Tanzania - Lesser flamingoes are threatened in East Africa and Lake Natron (their only breeding site) is now under threat from indu...

Owen Newman / Nesting colony of Lesser Flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} Lake Natron, Tanzania - Lesser flamingoes are threatened in East Africa and Lake Natron (their only breeding site) is now under threat from indu...

Owen Newman / Adults with chicks at nesting colony of Lesser Flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} Lake Natron, Tanzania - Lesser flamingoes are threatened in East Africa and Lake Natron (their only breeding site) is now...

Owen Newman / Old nesting colony of Lesser Flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} Lake Natron, Tanzania. Lesser flamingoes are threatened in East Africa and Lake Natron (their only breeding site) is now under threat from i...

Owen Newman / Nesting colony of Lesser Flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} Lake Natron, Tanzania - Lesser flamingoes are threatened in East Africa and Lake Natron (their only breeding site) is now under threat from indu...

Owen Newman / Adults with chicks at nesting colony of Lesser Flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} Lake Natron, Tanzania - Lesser flamingoes are threatened in East Africa and Lake Natron (their only breeding site) is now...

Owen Newman / Nesting colony of Lesser Flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} Lake Natron, Tanzania - Lesser flamingoes are threatened in East Africa and Lake Natron (their only breeding site) is now under threat from indu...

Owen Newman / Nesting colony of Lesser Flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} Lake Natron, Tanzania - Lesser flamingoes are threatened in East Africa and Lake Natron (their only breeding site) is now under threat from indu...

Owen Newman / Nesting colony of Lesser Flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} Lake Natron, Tanzania - Lesser flamingoes are threatened in East Africa and Lake Natron (their only breeding site) is now under threat from indu...

Owen Newman / Nesting colony of Lesser Flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} Lake Natron, Tanzania - Lesser flamingoes are threatened in East Africa and Lake Natron (their only breeding site) is now under threat from indu...

Michael Pitts / Aerial view of mine complex and process plant Oktedi mine, Star Mountains, Papua New Guinea

Jean E. Roche / Sugar cane processing plant with large fermentation vats, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Caribbean 2000.

Doug Wechsler / Aerial view of Salem nuclear power plant built on saltmarsh, Delaware Bay, New Jersey, USA

WILLIAM OSBORN / Kenfig National Nature Reserve with Fort Talbot chemical plant in distance, Wales

Julia Bayne / Port Talbot industrial plant lit at night, South Wales

Jose B. Ruiz / Industrial Processing plant that sorts stones etc from quarry, Lorca, Murcia, Spain.

David Woodfall / Industrial sculpture of Water Rail created in sheet steel from now defunct Llanwern steel plant, part of nature trail at Newport wetlands National nature reserve, part of Severn Estuary threatened by...

Gary K. Smith / Loading up Sugarbeet into lorry on coastal road, North Norfolk, UK

Ugo Mellone / Trays of coffee being processed, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. November, 2021.

Charlie Hamilton-James / Group of Pronghorn antelopes (Antilocapra americana) grazing and resting in Sagebrush (Artemisia sp.) with industrial buildings in background, Jonas Gas Field, near Pinedale, Wyoming, USA. April.

Charlie Hamilton-James / Aerial view of the Jonah Gas field surrounded by Sagebrush (Artemisia sp.) landscape, Pinedale, Wyoming, USA. March, 2018.

Jen Guyton / Worker named Fatianca preparing to process coffee beans, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. May.

Nigel Cattlin / Hoppers of cut, harvested Oil palm fruit (Elaeis guineensis) in oil palm processing plant, Southern Thailand, South East Asia.

Nigel Cattlin / Hoppers of cut, harvested Oil palm fruit (Elaeis guineensis) in oil palm processing plant, Southern Thailand, South East Asia.

Paul Williams / Zebra (Equus quagga) living amongst the high security, fenced off grassland that surrounds South Africa's largest coal processing plant, Mpumalanga, South Africa, July 2016.

Paul Williams / Lightning strike over South Africa's largest coal processing plant. Sasol, Mpumalanga, South Africa, November, 2016.

Paul Williams / Lightning strike over South Africa's largest coal processing plant. Sasol, Mpumalanga, South Africa, November, 2016.

Paul Williams / Lightning strike over South Africa's largest coal processing plant. Sasol, Mpumalanga, South Africa, November, 2016.

Paul Williams / Lightning strike over South Africa's largest coal processing plant. Sasol, Mpumalanga, South Africa, November, 2016.

Paul Williams / Lightning strike over South Africa's largest coal processing plant. Sasol, Mpumalanga, South Africa, November, 2016.

Paul Williams / Serval (Leptailurus serval) wearing radio collar, part of a research project that has revealed the highest density of these wild cats anywhere in the world living in the high security, fenced off gras...

Paul Williams / Composite image of multiple lightning strikes over South Africa's largest coal processing plant, Sasol, Mpumalanga, South Africa, November, 2016.

Alan Williams / Wildflowers in Port Sunlight River Park a site reclaimed / transformed from a landfill site for houshold and industrial waste. Wirral, Merseyside, UKJuly 2020

Alan Williams / Wildflowers in Port Sunlight River Park a site reclaimed / transformed from a landfill site for household and industrial waste. the landfill gas was converted into electricity, Wirral, Merseyside, UK....

Juergen Freund / Sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum) harvest delivered to sugar refinery by freight train. Bundaberg, Southern Queensland. September 2016.

Milan Radisics / RioTinto tidal area and saltmarshes, with healthy vegetation and red silt containing pyrite (an iron mineral common in sediments). The silt is deposited by constant tidal flooding. This image was take...

Milan Radisics / RioTinto tidal area and saltmarshes, with healthy vegetation and red silt containing pyrite (an iron mineral common in sediments). The silt is deposited by constant tidal flooding. This image was take...

Milan Radisics / RioTinto tidal area and saltmarshes, with healthy vegetation and red silt containing pyrite (an iron mineral common in sediments). The silt is deposited by constant tidal flooding. This image was take...

Philippe Clement / Industrial estate showing BASF chemical production site in the port of Antwerp, Belgium, February 2019.

Philippe Clement / Harbour cranes and container ship docked in the Antwerp harbour / port, Flanders, Belgium. December 2018

Philippe Clement / Nature reserve Prosperpolder and the Doel Nuclear Power Station / nuclear power plant in the Antwerp harbour, Flanders, Belgium. December 2018