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Wooden pier of the old Russian coalmine in Colesbukta, Svalbard, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Woman in The Enchanted Highway, a collection of large scrap metal sculptures constructed at intervals along a two-lane highway, North Dakota, United States of America, North America

The Enchanted Highway, a collection of large scrap metal sculptures constructed at intervals along a two-lane highway, North Dakota, United States of America, North America

The Enchanted Highway, a collection of large scrap metal sculptures constructed at intervals along a two-lane highway, North Dakota, United States of America, North America

The Enchanted Highway, a collection of large scrap metal sculptures constructed at intervals along a two-lane highway, North Dakota, United States of America, North America

Grab machine organising metal recycling of scrap metal to avoid environmental pollution in England, United Kingdom, Europe

Metal recycling of scrap metal, cars and autos to avoid environmental pollution in England, United Kingdom, Europe

Recycling scrap metal dealer, dealing in ferrous and non-ferrous metals, compacted into cubes to stop environmental pollution, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Vietnam unexploded ordnance, both bombs dropped by americans and land mines laid by both sides during the vietnam war, remain a big problem in central vietnam for children and adults alike. in response, crs has implemented a mine risk education program in quang tri province near the former khe sanh battlefield. this image shows the yard of a scrap metal merchant in tan hop. 80% of the steel comes from bombs, either exploded or unexploded. collecting and selling scarp metal has for long been an income for many poor people in the area

Vietnam unexploded ordnance, both bombs dropped by americans and land mines laid by both sides during the vietnam war, remain a big problem in central vietnam for children and adults alike. in response, crs has implemented a mine risk education program in quang tri province near the former khe sanh battlefield. this image shows the yard of a scrap metal merchant in tan hop. 80% of the steel comes from bombs, either exploded or unexploded. collecting and selling scarp metal has for long been an income for many poor people in the area

Scrap metal awaiting recycling at Jindabyne rubbish dump in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Scrap metal awaiting recycling at Jindabyne rubbish dump in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Scrap metal awaiting recycling at Jindabyne rubbish dump in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

A herring gull nesting at Workington port in front of a mountain of scrap metal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Recycling containers for the collection of electronic waste, aluminum, PET, metal, glass, plastics, of a company, Basel, Switzerland, Europe

Scrap metal, steel plate offcuts, Huettenwerk Krupp Mannesmann, HKM, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Large overhead crane handling scrap metal for recycling, scrap island, DuisPort inland port, Duisburg-Ruhrort, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Pile of scrap metal and car wrecks for recycling, scrap island, DuisPort inland port, Duisburg-Ruhrort, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Scrap being loaded onto barges to be shipped to smelters and melted down again, port of Gelsenkirchen, at the Rhine-Herne Canal, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, smoke, fire on a scrap island in the Duisport inland port, Duisburg, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, smoke, fire on a scrap island in the Duisport inland port, Duisburg, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, smoke, fire on a scrap island in the Duisport inland port, Duisburg, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, smoke, fire on a scrap island in the Duisport inland port, Duisburg, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Iron and steel scrap being delivered by rail to the steelworks of HKM Huettenwerke Krupp Mannesmann, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe, PublicGround

Iron and steel scrap being delivered by rail to the steelworks of HKM Huettenwerke Krupp Mannesmann, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe, PublicGround

Iron and steel scrap being delivered by rail to the steelworks of HKM Huettenwerke Krupp Mannesmann, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe, PublicGround

Iron and steel scrap being delivered by rail to the steelworks of HKM Huettenwerke Krupp Mannesmann, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe, PublicGround

Bulk-handling crane on a scrap yard, scrap island, DuisPort inland port, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Pile of scrap metal and car wrecks for recycling, scrap island, DuisPort inland port, Duisburg-Ruhrort, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Large overhead crane handling scrap metal for recycling, scrap island, DuisPort inland port, Duisburg-Ruhrort, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Burning of computer wire and parts to recover copper and other metals in Accra, Ghana. The computers are shipped here from Europe and the USA and some are reused but majority are dumped in Ghana. Poor workers often from the northern poorer region of Ghana do the work and sell the copper to buyers who send the copper to China or India.

A village named Muftaffabad Loni on the outskirts of New Delhi, India that specializes in recycling circuit boards from electronics. The boards are taken out of electronics in other areas of New Delhi. Some of the boards are burned, some are dipped in sulfuric acid to get the metals separated from the plastics.

Alaba Market, Lagos Nigeria. Many of the computers here are second hand and shipped from Asia, the USA or Europe for reuse. The small shop dealers buy electronics from the containers and are very good at repairing the goods for sale. When material has no value is it sent to nearby dumps, and young men look for parts or wire that they recycle the metals. However, much toxic material ends up in these dumps in Nigeria.

Alaba Market, Lagos Nigeria. Many of the computers here are second hand and shipped from Asia, the USA or Europe for reuse. The small shop dealers buy electronics from the containers and are very good at repairing the goods for sale. When material has no value is it sent to nearby dumps, and young men look for parts or wire that they recycle the metals. However, much toxic material ends up in these dumps in Nigeria.

The Mueller-Guttenbrunn Metal Recycling facility in Amstetten, Austria. This is where electronics goods as well as cars and other appliances are sent for recycling under the European Waste Electrics Electronics Equipment (WEEE) Initiative. All electronics goods must be recycled in an environmentally friendly manner.

Electronics recycling facility Metran in Kematen, Austria is where metals and plastics are sorted after the waste is first shredded at Mueller-Guttenbrunn in Amstetten. At a shake table the waste is separated by friction as hard items drop through first because they have less friction. The drum turns and small objects drop through the holes. Large piles of e-waste plastics objects and circuit boards. Avci Bilal walks atop a pile of e-waste that is waiting to be processed at Metran.

Taicang Port Imported Recyclable Resources Processing Zone, near Shanghai, China. This is a development project of the government to encourage business in recycling of metals and plastics, some of which comes from electronics.

At the Taizhou Tongtian Electrical Appliance Co. Ltd., Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, China workers are sorting out scrap metals.