Lorry arrives at waste tipping area at landfill site, Mucking, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Manshiyat Naser, Garbage City, Cairo, Egypt. February 14, 2022. A truck loaded with recycled materials in Manshiyat Naser, Garbage City, Cairo.

Manshiyat Naser, Garbage City, Cairo, Egypt. February 21, 2022. Truck loaded with garbage in Manshiyat Naser, Garbage City.

A protest sign against a planned waste incineration plant south of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Rubbish on a landfill site in Alicante, Costa Blanca, Murcia, Spain, Europe

Rubbish on a landfill site in Alicante, Costa Blanca, Murcia, Spain, Europe

A Sita power from waste plant at Billingham, Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Workers picking litter off the side of the M74 motorway near Lockerbie, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Bulldozer pushing pile of trash

Bulldozer pushing trash

Garbage truck unloading trash

Garbage truck unloading trash

Garbage trucks unloading trash

Piles of compacted garbage

An Isuzu truck overloaded with plastic bottles and containers, Berhan, Ethiopia

Waste being delivered at disposal site, Riederberg, Woergl, Tyrole, Austria

Waste and garbage truck at disposal site Riederberg, Woergl, Tyrole, Austria

Waste being delivered at disposal site, Riederberg, Woergl, Tyrole, Austria

Waste and garbage truck at disposal site Riederberg, Woergl, Tyrole, Austria

Plastic recycling, PET bottles and plastic rubbish are shredded and pressed, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Plastic recycling, PET bottles and plastic rubbish are shredded and pressed, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

A truck dumps garbage at St. Clair County's Smith's Creek Landfill; landfill operators collect methane from decaying refuse and burn it to generate electricity, Smith's Creek, Michigan, USA

Street cleaning crew from Siem Reap, Cambodia, Asia

A garbage man shovels garbage into an impossibly over loaded garbage truck at dawn in Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Recycle truck dumping out plastic bottles