Waste Collection (page 4)

GLC-LFB Refuse collection strike and rubbish fires
The extended refuse collection strike in the early 1970s resulted in piles of rubbish and uncollected waste lying for weeks in London streets

Don t waste water. Poster promoting conservation of water for the war effort. Date between 1941 and 1943

Your wartime duty! Don t waste water Do not use more water in the kitchen than is necessary. Poster for The New York City Department of Water Supply

No water - no guns Don t waste it!!. Poster promoting conservation of water for the war effort. Date between 1941 and 1943

Your wartime duty! Don t waste water Do not let water run a long time to get a drink : Do keep water in icebox instead. Poster for The New York City Department of Water Supply

To swat em is waste of time. Illustration shows a swarm of mosquitos labeled Trust flying over a swamp labeled High Protective Tariff; an insert shows an oil can labeled Revision Downward Oil

Your wartime duty! Don t waste water Do not use hose for washing your automobile. Do use water from a pail. Poster for The New York City Department of Water Supply

Keep it coming - waste nothing. Poster showing a convoy of Army trucks labeled food in a snowy landscape. Date 1917. Keep it coming - waste nothing

Don t waste food while others starve!. Poster showing a gaunt mother and children, with others, among ruins. Date 1917

Food will win the war - You came here seeking freedom, now you must help to preserve it - Wheat is needed for the allies - waste nothing

Feed a fighter - Eat only what you need - Waste nothing - That he and his family may have enough. Poster showing a soldier in a trench, holding a cup. Date 1918

Blood or bread Others are giving their blood - You will shorten the war - save life, if you eat only what you need, and waste nothing. Poster showing a man lifting an injured man. Date 1917

Advert for The Ministry of Food 1941
Don t waste it, advert during the Second World War for not wasting food. Cheap and nourishing, ways of cooking potatoes in a varity of appetising

Unveiling of King Edward VII memorial, East London
A memorial bust to the late King Edward VII being unveiled by Mr Edward White, Chairman of the LCC, at Mile End Waste, Mile End Road, East London. 1911

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

Manchester Wasteland
Waste land in Manchester, England long before it was redeveloped into the cosmopolitan city it is today. Date: 1960s

Sewage Outfall
Raw sewage spewing into the sea and onto the beach at Mounts Bay, Penzance, Cornwall, England. Date: 1980s

Bedroom Window Desk
A modern desk and waste paper bin have certainly cheered up this rather large Edwardian bay window and made a small bedroom office area. Date: 1930s

Waste Paper Basket
A wicker waste paper basket. Date: 1930s

Water Pollution
Water pollution from factory waste, River Mersey, Warrington, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Chemical Waste Dump
Environmental pollution : An old marlpit, used as a sump for chemical waste. Date: 1960s

Cartoon, President Wilson reading Germans Reply
Cartoon entitled Standing By, showing the American President Woodrow Wilson at his desk in the White House, with Uncle Sam standing behind him with a worried face

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

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

The Library, House of Commons, London
View inside the Library, House of Commons, London. Date: circa 1910s

Moving slate waste, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A workman moving slate waste at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Municipal bench, Nantlle Valley, North Wales
Close-up view of a municipal bench with a decorative iron dragon support, in the Nantlle Valley, North Wales. A pile of slate waste indicates that the bench is not far from a closed-down slate quarry

Abandoned equipment near Penyrorsedd, North Wales
A steam Blondin winder, abandoned above Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. There is a pile of broken slate in front of it

Derelict slate workings, Nantlle Valley, North Wales
View through an open window of derelict slate workings in the Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. When an industry dies, the area dies too, and only the pollution is left

Slate roof, Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, North Wales
Intricate patterning made from slate on the roof of an abandoned weighbridge building at Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Remains of a slate quarry, North Wales
The remains of a slate quarry in North Wales, with a mountain of slate waste, railway earthworks, retaining walls and walkways

Slate tiling, Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, North Wales
Intricate patterning made from slate on an abandoned weighbridge building at Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Industrial furnaces
Workmen in front of two Meldrum Brothers patent furnaces, manufactured in Manchester. The furnaces may be " destructors", for the purpose of burning town refuse

A secret is shared
A woman whispers something into the ear of a humbly dressed servant who carries a bible. The painting is entitled Peine Perdue, meaning a waste of time

Gold in the Land of the Nile. The Um Garaiart Camp of the Ni
Photograph of the sloping tables used to separate gold from waste products

Boulfes, France
Two games of boules in animated progress on a piece of waste ground, France

Lassie Tramples Washing
It is the firm belief of postcard makers that the Scots are too canny to waste money on a washing machine - instead they trample the washing, the way the French do grapes

Two Indian Fakirs, 1730
Two fakirs : the one standing is holding his arms above his head till they waste away, and so is his sleeping companion (which means they never use their hands for anything)

Huge Fish Caught
A monstrous fish is washed up on the English coast. The natives waste no time cutting it up for its meat

Slum Cricket
A group of boys play a game of cricket on waste ground. A piece of wood propped up with coats serves as a makeshift wicket, while the ball is composed of who knows what?

Waste Paper, by Rowles
Colour illustration showing a lady reading through piles of love letters

Advert / Bread / Graphic Ww1
Poster issued by the Food Controller during World War One when German U-boats were severely reducing food supplies

London Dustman (Harris)
Dust Ho ! - a London dustman cries and rings his bell for householders to bring out their waste

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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