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Recycling Collection

Background imageRecycling Collection: Poster: Save kitchen scraps to feed the hens

Poster: Save kitchen scraps to feed the hens! Keep it dry, free from glass, metal, bones, paper, etc. It also feeds pigs. Your council will collect. 1940s

Background imageRecycling Collection: Wartime pig food poster

Wartime pig food poster
We Want Your Kitchen Waste - poster encouraging the saving of food scraps for use as pig food, to be collected by the council. It also feeds poultry

Background imageRecycling Collection: Advertisement for Libertys new shops, London

Advertisement for Libertys new shops, London
An advertisement for Libertys new shops about to open in Argyll Place, off Regent Street, London

Background imageRecycling Collection: Economics a la Heath Robinson

Economics a la Heath Robinson
Do not scrap your disused lighting, heating, or cooking apparatus; they can be easily adapted to other requirements

Background imageRecycling Collection: Two young men sorting through a pile of scrap metal

Two young men sorting through a pile of scrap metal
Two young men, one in a top hat, the other in a bowler hat, sorting through a rather unpromising pile of scrap metal in a junk yard

Background imageRecycling Collection: WW2 - Recycling cans to aid war effort in East Ham, London

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Turn out more Scrap Metal - Turn out More Tanks poster

Turn out more Scrap Metal - Turn out More Tanks poster
World War II poster encouraging civilians on the home front to donate more scrap metal which can be turned into tanks to help the war effort

Background imageRecycling Collection: When Germany Surrenders her U-Boats by Heath Robinson, WW1

When Germany Surrenders her U-Boats by Heath Robinson, WW1
Why not use the enemy craft for peaceful sport? Ramming rabbits in the Balearic Islands

Background imageRecycling Collection: Salvation Army elevator

Salvation Army elevator
Men at work sorting waste paper in a Salvation Army Elevator

Background imageRecycling Collection: Beachcomber, Marloes

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Lamp post made from German torpedo, Gibraltar

Lamp post made from German torpedo, Gibraltar
Lamp post made from a German torpedo, at a Royal Navy camp in Gibraltar. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageRecycling Collection: Poster: Salvage Saves Shipping

Poster: Salvage Saves Shipping. Encouraging people to recycle materials rather than throw them away, to help with the War Effort. circa 1940s

Background imageRecycling Collection: London dustman collecting ashes, 1800s

London dustman collecting ashes, 1800s. He holds a bell and a basket, and the dust waggon can be seen behind. The ashes are used in the production of bricks

Background imageRecycling Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 11

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Cinema advertisement for wartime recycling

Cinema advertisement for wartime recycling

Background imageRecycling Collection: Mayflower Barn at Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England

Mayflower Barn at Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England
The ancient barn at Jordans Hostel, believed to have been constructed using timbers from the Mayflower - Buckinghamshire, England. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageRecycling Collection: Cunard Line - teak coffee table recycled from a ship

Cunard Line - teak coffee table recycled from a ship
Cunard Line - teak circular coffee table with small plaque Made by the Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking Company from teak taken from R.M.S. Aquitania. 22 inches. Date: 20th century

Background imageRecycling Collection: Glasgow tram publicity campaign to save paper, WW2

Glasgow tram publicity campaign to save paper, WW2
Glasgow tram publicity campaign - You can help to win, save your waste paper and cardboard, everyone can help, WW2 Date: 1943

Background imageRecycling Collection: Advert, Save Paper, Ford Motor Company WW2

Advert, Save Paper, Ford Motor Company WW2
Advert, Save Paper, Ford Motor Company, WW2 - call for wartime paper recycling. Date: 1942

Background imageRecycling Collection: Waste paper vehicle catches fire, East Ham, London

Waste paper vehicle catches fire, East Ham, London
A vehicle collecting waste paper in East Ham, London, catches fire, and the fire brigade is called out, watched by crowds. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageRecycling Collection: Fernie, BC, Canada - recycling train and scrap metal

Fernie, BC, Canada - recycling train and scrap metal
Fernie, British Columbia, Canada - Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) recycling train and scrap metal - circa 1908. Date: circa 1908

Background imageRecycling Collection: Save your old waste paper for conversion into munitions

Save your old waste paper for conversion into munitions: a vital contribution to the war effort. Double page spread from The Illustrated London News. Date: 1941

Background imageRecycling Collection: Sorting a dust-heap at a County Council depot 1900

Sorting a dust-heap at a County Council depot 1900
Men turn over the heaps of rubbish, while women look for a honest penny collecting bottles and empty and sardine tins in the County Council depot. London. 1900

Background imageRecycling Collection: WW1 wicker shell cases recycled as umbrella stands, 1915

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Woman saving paper during WW1

Woman saving paper during WW1
Woman saving paper during the First World War. 1914-1918

Background imageRecycling Collection: City of London handcart with scrap metal, WW2

City of London handcart with scrap metal, WW2
WW2 - City of London Corporation handcart containing scrap metal, including bomb ordinance, Southwark Bridge, London

Background imageRecycling Collection: SYDENHAM WORK STARTS

SYDENHAM WORK STARTS
In the green fields of Sydenham, south-east London, work starts on the new Crystal Palace, recycling the materials from the Great Exhibition. Date: 1853

Background imageRecycling Collection: RECYCLING RAGS

RECYCLING RAGS
Eastablishment for the recycling of old rags in the rue de Crimee, Paris Date: 1891

Background imageRecycling Collection: RECYCLING BROKEN GLASS

RECYCLING BROKEN GLASS
Establishment for the recycling of broken glass in the rue de Crimee, Paris Date: 1891

Background imageRecycling Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 10

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 8

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 9

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 6

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 7

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 5

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 2

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 4

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 3

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 1

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Rubbish tip Zabbaleen children, Cairo

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Rubbish tip Zabbeleen children, Cairo

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Old man with prams and junk, Balham, SW London

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Boy scouts on bicycles, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), WW2

Boy scouts on bicycles, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), WW2
Boy scouts on bicycles, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). They are collecting waste paper and old tins to help raise money for the War Fund, probably during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageRecycling Collection: What you can do with the old car by Heath Robinson

What you can do with the old car by Heath Robinson
Don t scrap the old bus - but use it in the house. An ingenious homeowner adapts the body of a car into a bed and a capacious bath rather than send it for scrap. Date: 1919

Background imageRecycling Collection: Return of the hot water bottles 1946

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Wartime salvage poster

Wartime salvage poster asking for rags, paper, bones and metal. Waste is wanted for war weapons. This week and every week salvage is essential. 1940s

Background imageRecycling Collection: Cartoon, A W Pinero and Sir Squire Bancroft

Cartoon, A W Pinero and Sir Squire Bancroft
Cartoon, Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English actor, playwright and stage director, and Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926), English actor-manager

Background imageRecycling Collection: Streetside empty bottle and can seller - Kathmandu, Nepal

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: WW1 poster, US Food Administration

WW1 poster, US Food Administration
Poster, Advice on kitchen waste for recycling, US Food Administration. circa 1918

Background imageRecycling Collection: RETINNING POTS & PANS

RETINNING POTS & PANS
These two young men, wearing protective gloves, are retinning old pots and pans, putting them through a chemical process to remove verdigris (fats and grease) &c Date: 1930s

Background imageRecycling Collection: Recycling Pig Swill

Recycling Pig Swill
The Lobb Brothers (Charles & Henry) collect pig swill in special pails, twice a week from the homes of 25-30 neighbours, who are pleased that their waste is recycled. Date: 1930s

Background imageRecycling Collection: Victorian jewellery remounted as diamond brooches 1937

Victorian jewellery remounted as diamond brooches 1937
This illustration shows how pieces of Victorian jewellery were being reused as ornamental brooches more in keeping with the 1930s

Background imageRecycling Collection: Bestway pattern for Delightful Necklets

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: WW2 poster, request for salvage

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Suggestion for Utilising Enemy Trench Mortars, WW1

Suggestion for Utilising Enemy Trench Mortars, WW1
Suggestion for Utilising Enemy Trench Mortars Captured in France drawn by William Heath Robinson in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

Background imageRecycling Collection: When Peace Comes Along by Heath Robinson, WW1

When Peace Comes Along by Heath Robinson, WW1
A Last Use for the Ole Siege Howitzers. A big gun converted into a receptacle for milk on a horse-drawn cart

Background imageRecycling Collection: WW1 - French Aeroplane Hospital

WW1 - French Aeroplane Hospital. Date: 1918

Background imageRecycling Collection: Boy scouts fundraising, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), WW2

Boy scouts fundraising, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), WW2
Boy scouts in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). They are collecting waste paper and old tins to help raise money for the War Fund, probably during the Second World War

Background imageRecycling Collection: Making mittens from socks, WW1

Making mittens from socks, WW1
Instructions on how to make mittens from old socks and stockings for soldiers at the front. The idea was devised by Dr George C

Background imageRecycling Collection: Boy scouts drinking from bottles, Australia

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Church bells saved from becoming enemy shells, Russia, 1915

Church bells saved from becoming enemy shells, Russia, 1915
Placed together for safety in the Nikolsky Monastery near Moscow, some of the 300 Russian church bells removed to prevent invading Germans re-using them as metal for shells

Background imageRecycling Collection: Wartime Paper Recycling

Wartime Paper Recycling
In Holt, a Wiltshire village, Lady Cecilie Goff and members of the Womens Co-Operative Guild check sacks of paper collected to be recycled in order that it might be used in munitions manufacture

Background imageRecycling Collection: British soldiers at work, Western Front, France, WW1

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Empty metal tubes needed urgently 1942

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: The Gentle Art of Excavating - Clearing bottom of the Thames

The Gentle Art of Excavating - Clearing bottom of the Thames
An improved dragline clearing out the bottom of the upper reaches of the River Thames

Background imageRecycling Collection: Advert for Goodyears Chemigum synthetic rubber 1942

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

Background imageRecycling Collection: Cartridge case recovery unit

Cartridge case recovery unit for recycling spent anti-aircraft shell cases, c.1938-1939 Date: circa 1939

Background imageRecycling Collection: Advert for Imperial Chemical Industries; shortage of paper

Advert for Imperial Chemical Industries; shortage of paper
During World War Two, the growing shortage of paper from overseas meant that the daily papers shrinked in size. Britains public was encouraged to save every scrap of paper

Background imageRecycling Collection: Advert for Imperial Chemical Industries; shortage of rubber

Advert for Imperial Chemical Industries; shortage of rubber
During World War Two, Britain got 90% of their suppies of natural rubber from Japan, due to this, rubber became scarce

Background imageRecycling Collection: Poster: Waste Paper goes into Action

Poster: Waste Paper goes into Action. Paper makes shell containers, cartridge wads, rifle grenade washers, mortar bomb carriers, etc. Put out paper for salvage. circa 1940s

Background imageRecycling Collection: Poster, Your Waste Paper is Urgently Needed Now

Poster, Your Waste Paper is Urgently Needed Now
Wartime salvage poster, Your Waste Paper is Urgently Needed Now, save it for the collector when he calls. 1940s

Background imageRecycling Collection: Man in a salvage yard

Man in a salvage yard
A man examining architectural items of a neoclassical style in a salvage yard. circa 1940s

Background imageRecycling Collection: WWII recycling: gas mask vase / W H Robinson

WWII recycling: gas mask vase / W H Robinson
Making use of an old gas mask by turning it into an attractive flower vase. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Background imageRecycling Collection: WWII adaption: tank-bus / W H Robinson

WWII adaption: tank-bus / W H Robinson
Adaption of a Army tank for peace time requirements by turning it into a Green Line Bus

Background imageRecycling Collection: Asking policeman time / W H Robinson

Asking policeman time / W H Robinson
Post War Town planning. To save the trouble of asking the time of a policeman...a handy clock built into his helmet

Background imageRecycling Collection: WWII adaption: barrage balloon / W H Robinson

WWII adaption: barrage balloon / W H Robinson
Adaption of a barrage balloon for peace time requirements, by helping with swimming lessons

Background imageRecycling Collection: WWII recycling: Torpedo foot warmer / W H Robinson

WWII recycling: Torpedo foot warmer / W H Robinson
A resourceful couple in bed make use of an old torpedo as a foot warmer. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Background imageRecycling Collection: WWII recycling: Hat respirator / W H Robinson

WWII recycling: Hat respirator / W H Robinson
An old respirator, converted into a smart hat. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Background imageRecycling Collection: WWII recycling: Anderson hammock / W H Robinson

WWII recycling: Anderson hammock / W H Robinson
The old Anderson shelter making a comfortable place to lounge on a fine day, suspended from a tree

Background imageRecycling Collection: WWII recycling: Tin hat soup tureen / W H Robinson

WWII recycling: Tin hat soup tureen / W H Robinson
A retired warden makes use of his old tin hat to eat his soup from. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Background imageRecycling Collection: WWII recycling: mine bomb seating / W H Robinson

WWII recycling: mine bomb seating / W H Robinson
Take a couple of deadly sea mines, lay a wooden plank across the top, place somewhere scenic (preferably looking out to sea) sit on aforementioned plank and relax while you darn a jumper or two

Background imageRecycling Collection: WWII recycling: Stirrup pump bathing / W H Robinson

WWII recycling: Stirrup pump bathing / W H Robinson
An old stirrup pump and plenty of buckets of water, making an ideal outdoor shower

Background imageRecycling Collection: Housebreaking Gommecourt 1917

Housebreaking Gommecourt 1917
Soldiers demolishing a house recycling bricks in the ruins of Gommecourt on the British Front in France during World War I in March 1917

Background imageRecycling Collection: Dumping Rubbish 1940S

Dumping Rubbish 1940S
Men working at a rubbish dump, unloading a lorry of waste paper for Kingston-upon-Thames Health Department, Surrey, England



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