John Waters / Illegally discarded rubbish and scrap metal close to the village of Westhay, Somerset, UK. January 2011.

Shattil & Rozinski / Man wearing Level-B Hazmat (Hazardous Materials Contamination) Suit, USA, 1993. Model released.

Ashley Cooper / China Clay workings, near St Austell, in Cornwall, England, UK, April.

Ashley Cooper / A scrap metal dump in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, Canada. August 2012

Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012

Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012

Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012

Ashley Cooper / The tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. In addition, tho...

Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012

Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012

Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012

Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012

Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012

Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012

Ashley Cooper / Flaring off gas at the Flotta oil terminal on the Island of Flotta in the Orkney's Scotland, UK. October 2011.

Ashley Cooper / Flaring off gas at the Flotta oil terminal on the Island of Flotta in the Orkney's Scotland, UK. October 2011.

Graham Eaton / Waste heaps and ruins associated with the Cwmorthin Slate Mines, Tanygrisiau, Wales February 2014

Ann & Steve Toon / Kelp gulls (Larus dominicanus) scavenging potato factory waste, Lambert's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa

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 / 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.

Shattil & Rozinski / Man wearing Level-A Hazmat (Hazardous Materials Contamination) Suit, USA, 1993

Onne van der Wal / A waste-barge under tow beside Newport Bridge, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Tim Shepherd / Fragrant orchid {Gymnadenia conopsea var diasiflora} growing on caustic industrial waste site, Cheshire, UK

Will Watson / Wheelbarrow demonstrating Chicken farming waste pollution at Extinction Rebellion's Save the Wye Campaign protest, Avara Cargill Chicken Processing Factory, Hereford, Herefordshire, UK, April 8th...

Will Watson / Protesters hold sign by wheel barrow of chicken farming waste at Extinction Rebellion's Save the Wye Campaign protest, Avara Cargill Chicken Processing Factory Hereford, Herefordshire, UK, April...

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....

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of red mud deposits in storage pond. A highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium at factory 5 miles away. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Locals have said...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of red mud deposits in storage pond. A highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium at factory 5 miles away. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Locals have said...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of red mud deposits in storage pond. A highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium at factory 5 miles away. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Locals have said...

Milan Radisics / Bulldozers on red mud dam, shoring up the dam to prevent dangerous. leaks These Red mud deposits in storage pond are a highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of alumini...

Milan Radisics / Small peninsula in red mud (Alumina) storage pond, where trucks spill dry residue. A highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium at factory 5 miles away. Bosnia an...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view 10 years after dams burst near Ajka, Hungary. This released red mud / alumina a highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium. It destroyed two villages...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of red mud / alumina deposits, where with a highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium is stored. Located on seashore in Galicia, Northern Spain.

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of red mud / alumina deposits, where with a highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium is stored. Located on seashore in Galicia, Northern Spain.

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of red mud / alumina deposits, where with a highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium is stored. Located on seashore in Galicia, Northern Spain.

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of red mud deposits in storage pond. A highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium at factory 5 miles away. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Locals have said...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of red mud deposits in storage pond. A highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium at factory 5 miles away. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Locals have said...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of red mud islands. This is where red mud, a highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium is pumped into the storage pond. The pond was built into a...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of red mud islands. This is where red mud, a highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium is pumped into the storage pond. The pond was built into a...

Milan Radisics / Abandoned red mud (alumina) pond, where highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium was stored. Formerly used by Polish metal industry, now abandoned dry pond i...

Milan Radisics / Abandoned red mud (alumina) pond, where highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium was stored. Formerly used by Polish metal industry, now abandoned dry pond i...

Milan Radisics / Abandoned red mud (alumina) pond, where highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium was stored. Formerly used by Polish metal industry, now abandoned dry pond i...

Milan Radisics / Small abandoned dam with break. Releasing dangerous red mud deposits. Red mud deposits in storage pond are a highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium. Montenegr...

Milan Radisics / Bulldozers on red mud dam, shoring up the dam to prevent dangerous leaks. These Red mud deposits in storage pond are a highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of alumini...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of red mud deposits in storage pond. A highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium at factory 5 miles away. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Locals have said...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of red mud deposits in storage pond. A highly alkaline waste product produced by the industrial production of aluminium at factory 5 miles away. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Locals have said...

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...