24-04-2014 - Detroit, Michigan - Old and unwanted electronic items are collected for recycling at Wayne State University. © Jim West

24-04-2014 - Detroit, Michigan - Old and unwanted electronic items are collected for recycling at Wayne State University. © Jim West

24-04-2014 - Detroit, Michigan - Old and unwanted electronic items are collected for recycling at Wayne State University. © Jim West

24-04-2014 - Detroit, Michigan - Old and unwanted electronic items are collected for recycling at Wayne State University. © Jim West

20-05-2011 - A team of workers doing preliminary dismantling into component parts of waste materials at a specialist waste electrical and electronic equipment processor plant (WEEE) in Kent. © Justin Tallis

20-05-2011 - A digger moving waste materials at a specialist waste electrical and electronic equipment processor plant (WEEE) in Kent. © Justin Tallis

20-05-2011 - Workers breaking down components of old television and computer screens at a specialist waste electrical and electronic equipment processor plant (WEEE) in Kent. © Justin Tallis

20-05-2011 - A team of workers doing preliminary dismantling into component parts of waste materials at a specialist waste electrical and electronic equipment processor plant (WEEE) in Kent. © Justin Tallis

29-09-2010 - A police dispatcher who handles 911 calls. USA © Jim West

24-04-2009 - Manistee, Michigan - Workers manufacture Windspire wind turbines for Mariah Power. The Windspire is a small, vertical axis wind turbine designed for residential or small business use. It is being manu... © Jim West

16-06-2006 - Old computer equipment waiting to be disposed of. © Paul Carter

28-03-2001 - Lists of cases under investigation and confirmed cases of foot and mouth disease at the MAFF Emergency Control Centre in Westminster © Stefano Cagnoni

28-03-2001 - MAFF vet files potential further outbreaks of foot and mouth disease as they are telephoned through to the MAFF Emergency Control Centre in Westminster.The lists on the walls behind him are the cases... © Stefano Cagnoni

15-10-1999 - Workers operating the control room of a power station: waste and rubbish to furnaces which incinerate combustible materials and extracts the noncombustible materials for recycling. The heat is used to... © John Harris