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Young girls showing off one of six pairs of knickers that they made from an old night dress. April 1941
A glimpse of the River Tyne from the decks of the RMS Olympic, which is rapidly being broken up at Messers Thomas W Ward Ltd in Jarrow. 23rd April 1936
Pupils at Binley Park Comprehensive school in Coventry are collecting newspapers to recycle and have already collected over a ton
Schoolchildren using old Christmas cards to spread the message about recycling, they handed the cards to members of the Countryside Commission at the Boots store in Huyton, Friday 7th January 1994
Rag and bone man, Middlesbrough. 1972
The sidewinder trawler Ross Altair (H 279) seen here in a Humberside breakers yard awaiting scrapping. 15th April 1981
Second hand clothes shop in Milk Street, now nearby Radiant House, Horsefair, Bristol. Circa 1954
A rag and bone man at the reins of his horse and cart brings back the remains of a mini found on the streets of a un-named northern town February 1982
A rag and bone man and his horse and cart seen here taking rest from travelling the streets of a un-named northern town looking for scrap metal 1st February 1982
Piles of paper, these pupils from Almondbury High School have been helping to collect six tons of paper for recycling as part of a major scheme
Randalls second hand shop on Windsor Street Uxbridge, Greater London. Circa 1929
Blue Peter the BBC childrens programme, launched its 6th Christmas appeal for old brass plugs and toy car on 4th December
Members of the Berners Street Fire Service, Central London, making toys for children of mothers who are working to keep the war effort going
Housewife Baling waste paper into neat bundle in Derby 15th October 1939 Paper recycling was also important in the Second World War huge demands were put upon British timber stocks
The unemployed of Cardiff pick over the rubbish tip close to the city. 19th October 1938
Paigntons paper salvage depot in May 1942
A rag and bone man at the reins of his horse and cart seen here travelling the streets of a un-named northern town looking for scrap metal 1st February 1982
Children at Stile Common Nursery School are turning green at a young age. Sixty three and four-year-olds are doing projects about recycling
Paper-chase... These are some of the 66 pupils of South Crosland Junior School who collected a quarter-tonne of paper as part of an environmental project on natural resources
Going green - thats what Batteyford First School pupils like Andrew Tennett (pictured) have been doing. Thirty-five pupils took part in Sainsburys Green Consumer Day
Canned cash E EEnterprising youngsters Richard and Nicola McBride are halfway towards their £ 1000 target for guide dogs for the bline
Gotta lotta bottle... ready to use a new Bottle Bank at Deighton High School are these pupils (from left) Jane Nelson, Marc Graley, Adrian Stephens and Stacey Ashurst
Pupils from a Dalton junior school haven been foiled in their attempts to help the Stop Press Guide Dog Appeal. Youngsters at St Joseph RC School are lending their support for the appeal by
Absolute rubbish- that how to describe a disco Kirsty Mortimer (left) and her sisters Kelly and Siobhan attended. The disco, at Huddersfield ICI Recreation Club
Bits of bike, scrap spare parts, lots of elbow grease and tender loving care have all gone into 3 very special pedal cars which have been produced in Stockton
Old news is good news for scouts in Stockton and Thornaby, for they are benefiting from a new, council run waste paper collection scheme which got off the ground this weekend
Deighton High School pupils are pictured presenting 1, 000 aluminium cans to Diane Lodge and Jenny Ward of Tesco s, for the Blue Peter baby life appeal. 31st January 1990
Honley Junior School is turning waste into money by collecting aluminium rubbish for recycling and raising cash for their school in the process. 8th January 1990
Pupils at Flockton First School, winners of 250 pounds first prize in a Competition organised by a Leeds recycling firm, to see who could collect the most paper, 4nd January 1989
Any old iron. Fred Skidmore with a old bedstead. October 1952
A visit to Belle Vue Zoo, Manchester with Topaz the chimp was part of the prize for these Cheshire schoolchildren who collected over 50 tons of waste paper
Youngsters at a Coventry school have joined forces to turn cans into cash and tidy the environment. the 11-year-olds and 12-year-olds at Keresley Newlands combined school are collecting used drinks
1941, A lorry is loaded with 50 bales of salvage paper weighing three tons at Newcastle Corporation Cleansing Department for despatch to the mills where it will be re-pulped
Jones Brothers, scrap metal dealers. c. 1960Jones Brothers, scrap metal dealers. c.1960
Music fans surrounded by empty cans at The Isle of Wight Festival. 30th August 1970
A woman laying down spare clothes at a collection point to be used for others who need them during the Second World War April 1941
World War II Women. Women salvagers collecting scrap metal. September 1942 P010266
Rag and bone man John White seen here with his nephew Nick on their rounds. September 1980 P004966
Piles of tin and aliminium cans are crushed by a giant steam roller for salvage as part of the effort to recycle used metal during the Second World War January 1942
War on waste: This cannie friend donates his bone to the waste basket so it can be melted down for glue. November 1940 P010143
War salvage: Pictures taken in a German smelting yard at Hamburg which shows the shortage of German metal for Munitions. Here are Bronze statues
World War II. A signpost on the corner of Westwood Lane Welling, where no salvage or refuse has been collected since before Xmas. February 1945 P010141
Miss 1941 Economises. Silk stocking are becoming extremely expensive and whereas girls used to discard laddered stockings
Workers Playtime? No. and its not a see-saw game either. Explanation of the antics of these workers in the city streets at Hull, Yorkshire
World War II: War on waste on the home front. A woman scrapes the remains of her dinner into a pigs swill bin, whilst old newspapers are placed in two old post bags
Shell containers and components of all kinds of munitions are made from the card board produced from wastepaper. A woman from the Royal Ordanance seen here showing off some of the shell containers
