Nick Turner / Close up of disposable batteries at a recycling centre, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, February 2008.

Georgette Douwma / A rescued battery hen. They often lack feathers when they come out of the battery barns. UK.

Georgette Douwma / Rescued battery hens with rooster. The chickens often lack feathers when they come out of the battery barns. UK.

Oscar Dewhurst / Bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata) chewing on mobile phone battery. Hampi, Karnataka, India. 2019.

Ben Gillett / Goats grazing in enclosure, WWII anti aircraft gun battery, Purdown Hill, Stoke Park Estate, Bristol, UK, July. The goats help keep plant growth under control.

Ben Gillett / Goats grazing in enclosure, WWII anti aircraft gun battery. Purdown Hill, Stoke Park Estate, Bristol, UK, July. These goats help prevent plants becoming overgrown.

Ashley Cooper / Crofter and Eigg Electric employee amongst the array of backup batteries that store sufficient to power the island for 24 hours. Isle of Eigg is powered by renewable energy and backup batteries store...

Ashley Cooper / The Aird of Sleat lighthouse that is powered by solar panels, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK. February 2012

Ashley Cooper / Dalit woman / untouchable woman in her hut, illuminated by an electric light, powered by an A4 sized solar panel, that charges a battery, and enables her to have light. Karnataka, India. December 2013

Ashley Cooper / Dalit woman / untouchable woman in her hut, illuminated by an electric light, powered by an A4 sized solar panel, that charges a battery, and enables her to have light. Karnataka, India. December 2013

Ashley Cooper / Women collecting solar charged batteries from WWF project to supply electricity to a remote island in the Sunderbans, Ganges Delta, India. December 2013

Ashley Cooper / Woman collecting solar charged batteries from WWF project to supply electricity to a remote island in the Sunderbans, Ganges Delta, India. December 2013