Recycle Collection

WW2 - Recycling cans to aid war effort in East Ham, London
WW2 - Recycling tin cans to aid the war effort in East Ham, London - April, 1940. Date: 1940

Beachcomber, Marloes
A beachcomber with his pet Jack Russell dog on the beach at Marloes, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. He carries an old plastic stool and a boat fender he has found on the beach

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 11
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A view of some of the makeshift buildings that have grown among the rubbish tips. This is where the better off Zabballeen people live circa 1995

WW1 wicker shell cases recycled as umbrella stands, 1915
Wicker carrying-cases for German shells, repurposed as umbrella stands in France, 1915. Date: 1915

City of London handcart with scrap metal, WW2
WW2 - City of London Corporation handcart containing scrap metal, including bomb ordinance, Southwark Bridge, London. The cart also contains iron railings and general household metalwork

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 10
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A man catches a pig. It will be eaten. There is little time for religious niceties among the poverty and filth of the rubbish tip

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 8
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A cart pulled by two donkeys stops in the rubbish-strewn streets Date: circa 1995

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 9
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A man catches a pig by the leg. It will be eaten. There is little time for religious niceties among the poverty and filth of the rubbish tip

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 6
Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A small girl child dodges past a donkey cart in the rubbish-strewn streets Date: circa 1995

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 7
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A cart pulled by three small donkeys carries rubbish and three men from the tip Date: circa 1995

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 5
Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. Three young girls sift though the smoking rubbish Date: circa 1995

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 2
Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A femae child wearing what might once have been a pretty pink dress. It is now ragged and filthy Date: circa 1995

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 4
Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A small boy carries a tin can into which he will put small metal items he finds among the rubbish Date: circa 1995

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 3
Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A small boy scrabbles in the rubbish with his bare hands. More children work behind him Date: circa 1995

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 1
Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A ragged child finds a piece of bread among the rubbish and offers it to her sister, who clings to her brother Date: circa 1995

Rubbish tip Zabbaleen children, Cairo
Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1995

Rubbish tip Zabbeleen children, Cairo
Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1995

Old man with prams and junk, Balham, SW London
An old man with a line of prams containing junk on a street in Balham, SW London. He is outside a rag and bone merchants premises where he hopes to get money in exchange for the junk

Return of the hot water bottles 1946
Production of the rubber synthetic hot water bottle in Streatham factory, London, post Second World War. During the War, rubber was reserved for making tires for military trucks

Streetside empty bottle and can seller - Kathmandu, Nepal
A remarkable card showing a streetside empty bottle and can seller - Kathmandu, Nepal. Date: circa 1950s

Bestway pattern for Delightful Necklets, easily made from oddments. 1940s

WW2 poster, request for salvage
WW2 poster by Fougasse, Please put out all your paper, metal, bones, rags and rubber for salvage, as they can help make tanks, munitions, tyres and planes. Date: circa 1940

Boy scouts drinking from bottles, Australia
Two boy scouts in Australia, drinking from bottles of Coca Cola. They have been nicknamed The Scroungers, as they collect discarded empty bottles for the refund money

British soldiers at work, Western Front, France, WW1
British soldiers at work on the Western Front in France during World War One. They are army navvies, recycling bricks from a ruined building to construct roads. Date: circa 1917

Empty metal tubes needed urgently 1942
Save me ! Give your empty metal tubes and help the Red Cross & St. John. Help to relieve the drain on the Nations reduced metal supplies. Hand all empty collapsible metal tubes to your retailer

Advert for Goodyears Chemigum synthetic rubber 1942
Another Goodyear contribution to progress. Since the Japanese Invasion of the Dutch East Indies the loss of our crude rubber supply has been extremely serious to the Allied War Effort

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