25-08-2020 Mattresses dumped by the roadside, country lane, Charlecote, Warwickshire © John Harris

25-08-2020 Mattresses dumped by the roadside, country lane, Charlecote, Warwickshire © John Harris

25-08-2020 Mattresses dumped by the roadside, country lane, Charlecote, Warwickshire © John Harris

25-08-2020 Mattresses dumped by the roadside, country lane, Charlecote, Warwickshire © John Harris

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze containing hexavalent chromium fl... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, flower on the fence, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze containing h... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, flower on the fence, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze containing h... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, Man placing flowers on a fence, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze c... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, State Representative Lori Stone placing a flower on the fence, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze containing hexavalent chromium fl... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze containing hexavalent chromium fl... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze containing hexavalent chromium fl... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze containing hexavalent chromium fl... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze containing hexavalent chromium fl... © Jim West

18-12-2018 Detroit, Michigan, USA Plastic bottles and cans illegally dumped in a woods. Many are juice or water containers, which are not covered under Michigan law requiring a 10 cent deposit © Jim West

18-12-2018 Detroit, Michigan, USA Plastic bottles and cans illegally dumped in a woods. Many are juice or water containers, which are not covered under Michigan law requiring a 10 cent deposit © Jim West

18-12-2018 Detroit, Michigan, USA Plastic bottles and cans illegally dumped in a woods. Many are juice or water containers, which are not covered under Michigan law requiring a 10 cent deposit © Jim West

18-12-2018 Detroit, Michigan, USA Plastic bottles and cans illegally dumped in a woods. Many are juice or water containers, which are not covered under Michigan law requiring a 10 cent deposit © Jim West

10-12-2018 Detroit, Michigan USA Activists protest against radioactive fracking waste, US Ecology hazardous waste disposal plant. They were protesting bills in the Michigan state legislative session that would i... © Jim West

15-10-2018 Detroit, Michigan, USA Mural on a building infront of US Ecology hazardous waste plant showing chemicals being dumped into the ground. The plants are all located in poor, mostly African-American areas... © Jim West

15-11-2017 Rockport, Texas USA Trucks dumping debris from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Harvey onto the median strip of state Highway 35 © Jim West

01-11-2017 Houston, Texas USA Oklahoma volunteers from the Southern Baptist Convention pray with a resident after helping cleanup her home. The home was flooded when Hurricane Harvey dumped 50 inches of rain on... © Jim West

15-09-2017 Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Old tires dumped at Peche Island, a wetland park in the Detroit River © Jim West

15-08-2017 Coachella Valley, California, USA Irrigation ditch carrying runoff from nearby fields and date orchard into the Salton Sea © David Bacon

15-08-2017 Coachella Valley, California, USA Irrigation ditch carrying runoff from nearby fields and date orchard into the Salton Sea © David Bacon

25-09-2016 M&S Metal Recycling and fridge dumping, Dingle, Liverpool © Jess Hurd

07-09-2016 Fly tipping Shirebrook, Derbyshire © John Harris

22-08-2015 Fridge dumped on the pavement, housing estate, Stratford upon Avon © John Harris

26-07-2015 Rubbish dumped on the street by a City council NO DUMPING sign Birmingham © John Harris

26-07-2015 Rubbish dumped on the street by a City council NO DUMPING sign Birmingham © John Harris

28-06-2015 Fridge dumped on the pavement, housing estate, Stratford upon Avon © John Harris

26-06-2015 Fridge dumped on the pavement, housing estate, Stratford upon Avon © John Harris

12-03-2015 Fly tipping. Cutlers View, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

01-07-2013 Drunk man with shopping bags staggered past an abandoned, vandalised motorcycle on a Tower Hamlets estate. East London. © Jess Hurd

30-08-2012 Furniture in the back garden, Bell vue, Wakefield. © Connor Matheson

06-12-2010 Ana Sanchez lives in the St. Anthony's Mobilehome Park near Thermal, in the desert in Coachella Valley. The water supply of the park in contaminated, groundwater wells are tainted with naturally occur... © David Bacon

27-01-2010 An abandoned sofa dumped by the side of a country lane. Fly tipping blocking a field gate and a footpath in Warwickshire © John Harris

09-11-2009 Sylvester, West Virginia USA- A bulldozer spreads coal sludge on a coal impoundment dam at Massey Energys Elk Run complex. Impoundments hold liquid and solid wastes from the coal mining process, inclu... © Jim West

09-11-2009 Sylvester, West Virginia USA- The coal sludge impoundment pond at Massey Energys Elk Run complex. Impoundments hold liquid and solid wastes from the coal mining process, including toxic chemicals that... © Jim West

09-11-2009 Sylvester, West Virginia USA- The coal sludge impoundment pond at Massey Energys Elk Run complex. Impoundments hold liquid and solid wastes from the coal mining process, including toxic chemicals that... © Jim West

16-09-2009 The Patriot Coal Corporations Samples mine, which uses the technique of mountaintop removal to mine coal. The mountain tops are stripped away and dumped in valleys to get at the coal below. The Sample... © Jim West

16-09-2009 The Patriot Coal Corporations Samples mine, which uses the technique of mountaintop removal to mine coal. The mountain tops are stripped away and dumped in valleys to get at the coal below. The Sample... © Jim West

16-09-2009 The Patriot Coal Corporations Samples mine, which uses the technique of mountaintop removal to mine coal. The mountain tops are stripped away and dumped in valleys to get at the coal below. The Sample... © Jim West

16-09-2009 The Patriot Coal Corporations Samples mine, which uses the technique of mountaintop removal to mine coal. The mountain tops are stripped away and dumped in valleys to get at the coal below. The Sample... © Jim West

16-09-2009 The Patriot Coal Corporations Samples mine, which uses the technique of mountaintop removal to mine coal. The mountain tops are stripped away and dumped in valleys to get at the coal below. The Sample... © Jim West

16-09-2009 The Patriot Coal Corporations Samples mine, which uses the technique of mountaintop removal to mine coal. The mountain tops are stripped away and dumped in valleys to get at the coal below. The Sample... © Jim West

16-09-2009 The Patriot Coal Corporations Samples mine, which uses the technique of mountaintop removal to mine coal. The mountain tops are stripped away and dumped in valleys to get at the coal below. The Sample... © Jim West

16-09-2009 The Patriot Coal Corporations Samples mine, which uses the technique of mountaintop removal to mine coal. The mountain tops are stripped away and dumped in valleys to get at the coal below. The Sample... © Jim West

16-09-2009 The Patriot Coal Corporations Samples mine, which uses the technique of mountaintop removal to mine coal. The mountain tops are stripped away and dumped in valleys to get at the coal below. The Sample... © Jim West

23-07-2009 Internal displaced people (IDPs) walk past rubbish dumped in the street at a makeshift camp near Chikook suburb of north-west Baghdad, Iraq, July 23, 2009. © Boris Heger

29-05-2009 Shopping Trolley Graveyard, The River Thames, London. © Jess Hurd

29-05-2009 Shopping Trolley Graveyard, The River Thames, London. © Jess Hurd

29-05-2009 Aggregates Wharf, the River Thames, London © Jess Hurd

29-05-2009 Shopping Trolley Graveyard, The River Thames, London. © Jess Hurd

29-05-2009 Shopping Trolley Graveyard, The River Thames, London. © Jess Hurd

29-05-2009 Shopping Trolley Graveyard, The River Thames, London. © Jess Hurd

29-05-2009 Aggregates Wharf, the River Thames, London © Jess Hurd

29-05-2009 Shopping Trolley Graveyard, The River Thames, London. © Jess Hurd

05-03-2009 Vandalised and abandoned car with a smashed windscreen on a council estate in Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

05-03-2009 Vandalised and abandoned car with a smashed windscreen on a council estate in Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

16-05-2008 Wheelie bin and Fly tipping, Hackney, East London. © Jess Hurd

16-05-2008 Rubbish dumbed in the street, London © Jess Hurd

22-01-2007 Empty abandoned building in Hackney, London E5. © Jess Hurd

05-11-2006 Maquiladora workers and their families live in the Derechos Humanos and Fuerza y Unidad barrios in Matamoros. The neighborhoods are contaminated by toxic chemicals dumped by factories into the canal w... © David Bacon

05-11-2006 Maquiladora workers and their families live in the Derechos Humanos and Fuerza y Unidad barrios in Matamoros. The neighborhoods are contaminated by toxic chemicals dumped by factories into the canal w... © David Bacon

05-11-2006 A rickety bridge over a polluted canal in a barrio where maquiladora workers and their families live in Matamoros. The neighborhoods are contaminated by toxic chemicals dumped by factories into the ca... © David Bacon

05-11-2006 Maquiladora workers and their families live in the Derechos Humanos and Fuerza y Unidad barrios in Matamoros. The neighborhoods are contaminated by toxic chemicals dumped by factories into the canal w... © David Bacon

08-08-2006 A vandalised car in the Afan Forest Park, Wales. © Paul Box

11-06-2006 Burnt out and vandalised car on a Bermondsey housing estate. London. © Jess Hurd

25-04-2006 Burnt-out car at the site of the 2012 Olympic Games in the Lower Lea Valley, East London. Many local businesses will be displaced to enable construction of the stadium and related facilities. © Philip Wolmuth

06-04-2006 Olympic regeneration, Hackney Wick, London © Duncan Phillips

06-04-2006 Olympic regeneration, Hackney Wick, London © Duncan Phillips

26-05-2005 The wreckage of war - tank treads and turrets - in the middle of a residential neighborhood, the houses are in the background. The wreckage includes depleted uranium ammunition, a big health hazard to... © David Bacon

26-05-2005 The wreckage of war - tank treads and turrets - in the middle of a residential neighborhood, the houses are in the background. The wreckage includes depleted uranium ammunition, a big health hazard to... © David Bacon

26-05-2005 The wreckage of war - tank treads and turrets - in the middle of a residential neighborhood, the houses are in the background. The wreckage includes depleted uranium ammunition, a big health hazard to... © David Bacon

26-05-2005 The wreckage of war - tank treads and turrets - in the middle of a residential neighborhood, the houses are in the background. The wreckage includes depleted uranium ammunition, a big health hazard to... © David Bacon

20-04-2005 Abandoned lorry left in a field, south west Wales © Paul Box

09-04-2005 Household rubbish dumped in a backally off Bayham Road in West Ealing © John Sturrock

20-03-2005 A run down farm in North Wales © Paul Box

20-03-2005 A run down farm in North Wales © Paul Box

10-02-2005 Dumped cars and derelict land on Marshgate Lane, which passes through the proposed site of the 2012 Olympic Games in Stratford, London. © Philip Wolmuth

05-01-2005 Burned out abandoned car, Barnet, London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Burned out abandoned car, Barnet, London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Burned out abandoned van and cars, Barnet, London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Burned out abandoned van and cars, Barnet, London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Burned out abandoned van and cars, Barnet, London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Fly Tipping - dumping of domestic and trade waste illegally, Barnet London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Fly Tipping - dumping of domestic and trade waste illegally, Barnet London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Burned out abandoned car, Barnet, London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Burned out abandoned car, Barnet, London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Fly Tipping - dumping of domestic and trade waste illegally, Barnet London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Fly Tipping - dumping of domestic and trade waste illegally, Barnet London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Fly Tipping - dumping of domestic and trade waste illegally, Barnet London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Fly Tipping - dumping of domestic and trade waste illegally, Barnet London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Fly Tipping - dumping of domestic and trade waste illegally, Barnet London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Fly Tipping - dumping of domestic and trade waste illegally, Barnet London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Fly Tipping - dumping of domestic and trade waste illegally, Barnet London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Fly Tipping - dumping of domestic and trade waste illegally, Barnet London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Fly Tipping - dumping of domestic and trade waste illegally, Barnet London © Duncan Phillips

05-01-2005 Fly Tipping - dumping of domestic and trade waste illegally, Barnet London © Duncan Phillips