Oscar Dewhurst / Barn owl (Tyto alba) perched on fence post at dusk, with industrial estates of Teeside in the background. Durham, UK. February

Ashley Cooper / Power lines running from a coal fired power station to an aluminium smelter in Ashington, North East, UK.

Ashley Cooper / The new biofuel power plant at the Iggesund paper board manufacturer in Workington, Cumbria, UK with wind turbines behind. When commissioned the power station will fuel the plant as well as feeding po...

Ashley Cooper / The Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK. It is Scotlands only oil refinery

Ashley Cooper / Air pollution and emissions from Redcar steel works, Teeside, England, UK. March 2011.

Ashley Cooper / Air pollution and emissions from Redcar steel works, Teeside, England, UK. March 2011.

Ashley Cooper / The Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK. October 2010.

Ashley Cooper / The Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK. October 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Flaring off gas at The Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK. October 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Flaring off gas at The Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK. October 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Coal on the docks in Hull, on the Humber Estuary, Yorkshire, England, UK. August.

Ashley Cooper / BP chemical plant at salt End on Humberside which produces Acetic Acid. Yorkshire, England, UK, August.

Ashley Cooper / BP chemical plant at salt End on Humberside which produces Acetic Acid and a gas fired power station, Yorkshire, England, UK, August.

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.

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.

Konrad Wothe / People manufacturing bricks, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

Loic Poidevin / Man working clay to manufacture bricks, Madagascar, 2008.

Loic Poidevin / Mother and three children sitting next to a small business which makes toys and wooden trucks, Madagascar 2008.

Jouan & Rius / Sisal (Agave sp.) processing factory for manufacturing rope, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar

Jabruson / Bricks made from alluvial top soil deposits washed into river by rains, Ruhengeri, Rwanda

Milan Radisics / Red mud deposits / Alumina, a highly alkaline waste product from the aluminium manufacturing industry.

Milan Radisics / Red mud deposits / Alumina, a highly alkaline waste product from the aluminium manufacturing industry.

Milan Radisics / Red mud deposits / Alumina, a highly alkaline waste product from the aluminium manufacturing industry. It is transported from the factory miles away, and gradually neutralized through a series of pond...