Recycling and Scrap Yards

Images showcasing scrap yards and recycling processes, featuring machinery handling various waste materials and scrap metals.

Hydraulic crane lifts scrap metal at the scrap yard

A local worker sifts through an endless mountain of plastic water cups at a plastic recycling facility, bali, indonesia

Recycling paper at a facility in Boise, Idaho.

Aluminum recycling plant

Air shot of the storage of bought scrap

Stacked yellow sacks for plastic waste, waste separation, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Aerial view of a yellow excavator amidst a vast, textured landscape of waste, contrasting industrial machinery with environmental concern, Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

Fish being processed at a dock

View from the crane pulpit in the waste bunker one garbage heater 1074706558

Boxes of used computers in Metz

Moore, Okla., June 5, 2013 The remains of the Plaza Tower Elementary School debris are removed. The one remaining wall with the school mascot will not be torn down. The Moore area was struck by a F5 tornado on May 20, 2013. Andrea Booher/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Wheeled backhoe in front of rocks pile with rice paddy in foreground in South Korea

Coal reserves at the Bluescope steel works at Port Kembla in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

Scaffolding joints

1930s STORED PILED BALES OF PICKED COTTON IN WAREHOUSE NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA USA

Jib cranes and scrap metal in Nantes port France

Barge filled with crushed cars, for recycling, along the Fraser River in Surrey, BC

Crane at garbage collection center

Aerial of a low level nuclear waste storage facility, Clive, Utah, USA.

Detroit, Michigan, A metal scrap yard operated by Ferrous Processing and Trading Company. The company buys scrap metal, both ferrous and non-ferrous, for recycling

A printing press in Malaysia.

Workers clear plastic and other debris from the grinding head of a digging machine along the polluted banks of the Karnaphuli River in Chittagong. Piles of garbage have contaminated the river, accumulating along the banks and harming both the marine ecosystem and human health. Bangladesh.

Waste paper for recycling in a recycling plant, Germany, Europe

Waste processing

A printing press in Malaysia.

Garbage, household waste, waste separation, waste incineration, waste incineration plant, energy, TREA, Eschbach, Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Metal recycling cente. Metal recycling center, Vernon, Los Angeles, California, USA

A waste sorting facility. Manual waste sorting.

Aluminum cans moving along a conveyor at a recycling center in Santa Monica, California

HolyPoly GmbH, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Garbage, household waste, waste separation, waste incineration, waste incineration plant, energy, TREA, Eschbach, Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

poultry in cages at an auction house

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 09 September 2025: View of a stark foreground of discarded waste contrasting with the distant cityscape through the metal grid of a towering electricity pylon.

Abandoned Industrial Building with Bricks

Claw used to lift and sort recycle metal into piles at Metro Metals in Portland, Oregon, USA.

Man discussing over excavator with colleague at recycling center

Garbage, household waste, waste separation, waste incineration, waste incineration plant, energy, TREA, Eschbach, Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Sorting chain of a recycling site for household waste.

Paper Recycling Industry

Scrap metal recycling plant

Scrap metal recycling loading train wagons with processed metals, EMR company, Swindon, England, UK

Hurricane Rita, Cameruckron, LA, January 11, 2006 - This truck is bringing debris to the Wilkerson Disposal Site. Cameron Parish was destroyed by Hurricane Rita. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Cardboard and paper on conveyor, United Kingdom.

Chattogram, Bangladesh - 26 November 2025: View of workers pushing carts through a sprawling landfill under the watchful eye of a towering excavator.

Collecting bin, collecting container for waste paper, Germany, Europe

A demolition crew tearing down remnants from a building in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Electronics recycling facility in Kematen, Austria

Garbage truck, dirt and man with collection service on street in city for public environment cleaning. Junk, recycling and male person working with waste or trash for road sanitation with transport.

Materials recovery facility.

Breaking open ceramic kiln in Trang An, Vietnam

Srap Metal Truck Scrap Metal for Recycling at Truck Shipping Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarkoxBericx 14321619

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 06 November 2022: Aerial view of a person working in a plastic Waste treatment plant, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Sorting chain of a recycling site for household waste.

Garbage, household waste, waste separation, waste incineration, waste incineration plant, energy, TREA, Eschbach, Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Daily life in the Netherlands.Vie quotidienne aux Pays-Bas.

Sammeltonnen, Sammelcontainer für Altpapier

Collection bins, collection containers for waste paper

Daily life in the Netherlands.Vie quotidienne aux Pays-Bas.

concept of plastic recycling plant

Aerial view of a bustling market scene teeming with activity, people, and goods in a vibrant display of commerce, Chattogram, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh.

Abandoned Industrial Building with Bricks

An employee loads bottles into the glass crusher at the Trumbo Point Annex Recycling Center. Base: Naval Air Station, Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aerial view of taken apart plane in Shanghai, China.

Limestone quarry, Nrupen, Cherrapunjee, India Copyright: xNrupenxMadhvani/DinodiaxPhotox

Truck unloading plastic bales in a waste processing site

Oversight of the workers Ex Saffa, Pontenuovo di Magenta, Italy. 21.01.2012

Workers sort used plastic bottles in a recycling factory in Noakhali, Bangladesh. These bottles are mainly collected by hawkers and street children, which will be later on sold to local factories. Everyday factories like those recycle thousands of bottles to make different kinds of plastic made products. With plastic never decaying, plastic recycling in Bangladesh is a big industry nowadays. Bangladesh.

Southerham Fridge mountain, Lewes, Sussex, United Kingdom. Southerham fridge mountain. 70,000 refridgerators awaiting recycling, stored in old chalk quarry near Lewes Sussex, in piles 20 high. They are 'chewed' up by a 2.5 million pound machine built by German SEG. The 'Fridge Eater' chews 15 per hour, the backs with the CFCs are removed before the rest is processed and placed in sacks. The sacks hold the remains of 100 recycled fridges.

Moore, Okla., May 21, 2013 Oklahoma Task Force 1 rescue workers and local firefighters continue search and rescue operations at Plaza Tower Elementary School late into the evening. A tornado destroyed many parts of the community on May 20, 2013.. Moore, OK, May 21, 2013--Oklahoma Task Force 1 rescue workers and local firefighters continue search and rescue operations at Plaza Tower Elementary School late into the evening. A tornado destroyed many parts of the community on May 20, 2013.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Waste paper recycling, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

breakers yard

Pile of polystyrene fish boxes at fish market, Tsukiji Fish Market, Tsukiji, Chuo, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan, April

Aluminum cans on conveyer belt ready to be crushed. Recycling Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

Bulky waste, Ludolf-Camphausen-Strasse, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Wildfires, Lemon Grove, CA, November 13, 2007 The Interior of a recycling building in California. EDCO, a recycling company is working with the city of San Diego, who with the cooperation of the State of California and FEMA are offering incentives to people to recycle the debris from the fires. The debris is brought to this plant, sorted by hand and then recycled according to type of material.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Rescue workers collect the load of a small truck from the carriageway of the A48 motorway in the area of the Koblenz interchange after the collision of the truck with an articulated lorry. Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Group of garbage collectors at work on a street in Paris

Waste paper recycling, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

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