13-02-2014 - Residents return to their flooded homes in Datchet , Berkshire which has been flooded after the Thames burst its banks. © Paul Box

29-04-2013 - Private Woods Keep Out sign, Wellesbourne Wood Warwickshire. © John Harris

27-09-2012 - Private Foreshore sign with anchor. Mersea Island fishing harbour. North East Essex © Jess Hurd

27-06-2012 - Tehachapi, California. The world's second largest wind farm, Tehachapi Pass, northeast of Los Angeles. A dozen private companies operate about 5,000 turbines on the site. © Jim West

27-06-2012 - Tehachapi, California - The world's second largest wind farm, Tehachapi Pass, northeast of Los Angeles. A dozen private companies operate about 5,000 turbines on the site. © Jim West

30-10-2010 - Private woodland. A wooden stile with a dog gate separating public and private land. © Paul Carter

05-10-2010 - A solar photovoltaic facility on contaminated land generating renewable energy. The solar farm was built on top of a former landfill site at the U.S. Army's Fort Carson. USA © Jim West

05-10-2010 - A solar photovoltaic facility on contaminated land generating renewable energy. The solar farm was built on top of a former landfill site at the U.S. Army's Fort Carson. USA © Jim West

21-11-2007 - Private contractor Barhale works on Thames Water improvements to the London sewage system. © Philip Wolmuth

21-09-2007 - House with Solar panels on the roof, Wesel, Germany © Timm Sonnenschein

02-04-2007 - New automated and centralised South West Regional fire control centre in Taunton. The building to which fire control services were planned to be allocated, is costing £102,373 a month but is standing... © Paul Box

21-03-2007 - A pond in the Ecology Park at Greenwich Millennium Village and the Millennium Dome, London. © Philip Wolmuth

21-03-2007 - A pond in the Ecology Park at Greenwich Millennium Village and the Millennium Dome, London. © Philip Wolmuth

08-06-2006 - Gardeners from private contractor Cleanaway planting new flowers. They are subcontracted to Stratford upon Avon district council, Warwickshire. © Justin Tallis

28-05-2006 - Private land with no public access on the Duke of Wellington estate in North Hampshire © Philip Wolmuth

28-05-2006 - Stretch of river with private fishing rights and no public access on the Duke of Wellington estate in North Hampshire © Philip Wolmuth

28-05-2006 - Stretch of river with private fishing rights and no public access on the Duke of Wellington estate in North Hampshire © Philip Wolmuth

21-10-2005 - Refuse collection in Oxford Street, London, by private contractor Onyx on behalf of Westminster City Council. © Philip Wolmuth

30-08-2005 - Recycling biodegradable material including sweetcorn into compost for the garden. © Paul Box

30-08-2005 - Recycling biodegradable material into compost, for the garden. © Paul Box

30-08-2005 - Recycling biodegradable material into compost, for the garden. © Paul Box

30-08-2005 - Recycling biodegradable material into compost, for the garden. © Paul Box

30-08-2005 - Recycling biodegradable material into compost, for the garden. © Paul Box

30-08-2005 - Recycling biodegradable material into compost, for the garden. © Paul Box

04-07-2005 - Close up of a section of barbed wire fence surrounding a field. Dark storm clouds cover it.Views from South Downs way near Alfriston, East Sussex © Paul Carter

26-03-2005 - Mokattam, Cairo the Zabbaleen or garbage people, collect, sort and recycle rubbish. The government recently awarded contracts to private foreign companies to dispose of garbage, so jepodising the live... © Jess Hurd

26-03-2005 - Mokattam, Cairo the Zabbaleen or garbage people, collect, sort and recycle rubbish. The government recently awarded contracts to private foreign companies to dispose of garbage, so jepodising the live... © Jess Hurd

26-03-2005 - Mokattam, Cairo the Zabbaleen or garbage people, collect, sort and recycle rubbish. The government recently awarded contracts to private foreign companies to dispose of garbage, so jepodising the live... © Jess Hurd

26-03-2005 - Mokattam, Cairo the Zabbaleen or garbage people, collect, sort and recycle rubbish. The government recently awarded contracts to private foreign companies to dispose of garbage, so jepodising the live... © Jess Hurd

26-03-2005 - Mokattam, Cairo the Zabbaleen or garbage people, collect, sort and recycle rubbish. The government recently awarded contracts to private foreign companies to dispose of garbage, so jepodising the live... © Jess Hurd

26-03-2005 - Mokattam, Cairo the Zabbaleen or garbage people, collect, sort and recycle rubbish. The government recently awarded contracts to private foreign companies to dispose of garbage, so jepodising the live... © Jess Hurd

26-03-2005 - Mokattam, Cairo the Zabbaleen or garbage people, collect, sort and recycle rubbish. The government recently awarded contracts to private foreign companies to dispose of garbage, so jepodising the live... © Jess Hurd

26-03-2005 - Mokattam, Cairo the Zabbaleen or garbage people, collect, sort and recycle rubbish. The government recently awarded contracts to private foreign companies to dispose of garbage, so jepodising the live... © Jess Hurd

26-03-2005 - Mokattam, Cairo the Zabbaleen or garbage people, collect, sort and recycle rubbish. The government recently awarded contracts to private foreign companies to dispose of garbage, so jepodising the live... © Jess Hurd

26-03-2005 - Mokattam, Cairo the Zabbaleen or garbage people, collect, sort and recycle rubbish. The government recently awarded contracts to private foreign companies to dispose of garbage, so jepodising the live... © Jess Hurd

26-03-2005 - Mokattam, Cairo the Zabbaleen or garbage people, collect, sort and recycle rubbish. The government recently awarded contracts to private foreign companies to dispose of garbage, so jepodising the live... © Jess Hurd

26-03-2005 - Mokattam, Cairo the Zabbaleen or garbage people, collect, sort and recycle rubbish. The government recently awarded contracts to private foreign companies to dispose of garbage, so jepodising the live... © Jess Hurd

13-02-2005 - A street cleaner employed by private contractor Onyx sweeps up in Leicester Square, London. © Philip Wolmuth

10-02-2005 - Stagecoach bus depot in Stratford, on the proposed site of the Olympic Village which will be built if the bid for the 2012 Games is successful. © Philip Wolmuth

10-02-2005 - Stagecoach bus depot in Stratford, on the proposed site of the Olympic Village which will be built if the bid for the 2012 Games is successful. © Philip Wolmuth

10-02-2005 - Stagecoach bus depot in Stratford, on the proposed site of the Olympic Village which will be built if the bid for the 2012 Games is successful. © Philip Wolmuth

21-04-2003 - New private housing in the village of Dunnington, North Yorkshire. © Philip Wolmuth

13-01-2003 - Traffic passing the road signs indicating the beginning of the Congestion Zone, which is to be introduced by Transport for London on February 17th, 2003 © Stefano Cagnoni

13-01-2003 - Traffic passing the road signs indicating the beginning of the Congestion Zone, which is to be introduced by Transport for London on February 17th, 2003 © Stefano Cagnoni

13-01-2003 - Traffic passing the road signs indicating the beginning of the Congestion Zone, which is to be introduced by Transport for London on February 17th, 2003 © Stefano Cagnoni

13-01-2003 - Traffic passing the road signs indicating the beginning of the Congestion Zone, which is to be introduced by Transport for London on February 17th, 2003 © Stefano Cagnoni

02-12-1998 - Company security guard fitting a wheel clamp to a car parked on double yellow lines. © John Harris

08-09-1995 - Cyclist weaving between cars queuing at a busy road junction. © Paul Carter