Woman spinning silk on home made spinning wheel made from wood and bicycle wheel, in rural village, West Bengal, India, Asia

Young boy with his self made bicycle made purely out of wood, southern Uganda, East Africa, Africa

Upturned boats used as sheds, Lindisfarne (Holy Island), Northumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Boy recycling wood after a cremation at the Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva on the banks of the Bagmati River, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Old Cairo, Cairo, Egypt. Antique wooden doors in an alley in Cairo.

Old Cairo, Cairo, Egypt. Antique wooden doors in an alley in Cairo.

Old Cairo, Cairo, Egypt. Antique wooden doors in an alley in Cairo.

Old Cairo, Cairo, Egypt. Decorative woodwork on a weathered antique door.

Timber being separated out for recycling at condemned houses being demolished in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Timber being separated out for recycling at condemned houses being demolished in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Person who recovers wood used in cremation, which has not burned completely, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Stockpile of waste timber, timber recycling, Krefeld-Uerdingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

A heap of recycled reclaimed timber planks of wood. Environmentally responsible reclamation in a timber yard. A man carrying a large plank of splintered rough wood, Pine Plains, New York, USA

Large stack of fruit boxes for harvesting and storing apples, near Quincy, Quincy, Grant County, Washington, USA

A reclaimed lumber workshop. A man in protective eye goggles using a circular saw to cut timber, Woodstock, New York, USA

A reclaimed lumber workshop. A man in protective eye goggles using a circular saw to cut timber, Woodstock, New York, USA

Vegetable scraps ready for compost on wooden cutting board

Vegetable scraps ready for compost on wooden cutting board