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Dustbins Collection

"Dustbins: A Window into the Past and Present" Compost and wormery - a fascinating sight of worms busily working their magic amidst a variety of kitchen waste

Background imageDustbins Collection: 220 litres compost bin made by Blackwall using 100% recycled plastic Cotswolds UK

220 litres compost bin made by Blackwall using 100% recycled plastic Cotswolds UK
MAB-203 220 litres compost bin made by Blackwall using 100% recycled plastic Cotswolds UK Mark Boulton contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Background imageDustbins Collection: Compost / wormery - worms visible amongst variety of kitchen waste including vegetable

Compost / wormery - worms visible amongst variety of kitchen waste including vegetable and fruit peelings
MAB-391 Compost / wormery - worms visible amongst variety of kitchen waste including vegetable and fruit peelings and cardboard in top of black plastic recycled composting bin UK Mark Boulton Please

Background imageDustbins Collection: Background photo for Hightstown project, New York City. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Background photo for Hightstown project, New York City. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Background photo for Hightstown project. The present home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon and family, 133 Avenue D, New York City

Background imageDustbins Collection: Background photo for Hightstown project, 133 Avenue D, New York City, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Background photo for Hightstown project, 133 Avenue D, New York City, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Background photo for Hightstown project. The present home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon and family, 133 Avenue D, New York City

Background imageDustbins Collection: Rag n Bone man Stockport slum yard

Rag n Bone man Stockport slum yard
A Rag n Bone man pushes his barrow though a slum cummunal yard in Stockport, Cheshire, England. He is watched by small children. The property was demolished shortly afterwards Date: circa 1970

Background imageDustbins Collection: Slum communal yard, Stockport

Slum communal yard, Stockport
Small children and mongrel dogs beneath the washing lines in the communal back yard of slum property in Stockport, Cheshire, England. The property was demolished shortly afterwards Date: circa 1970

Background imageDustbins Collection: Children playing indoors by dustbins in a house in Hull. 9th July 1953

Children playing indoors by dustbins in a house in Hull. 9th July 1953

Background imageDustbins Collection: Boy in slum housing yard

Boy in slum housing yard
Rear view of small fair-haired boy walking alone past dustbins and washing lines in the communal back yard of slum housing in Brinksway, Stockport, Cheshire, England

Background imageDustbins Collection: Picture No. 12020152

Picture No. 12020152
Golden Hamster in a green dustbin. Date:

Background imageDustbins Collection: A Harlem apartment house, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks

A Harlem apartment house, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New York, New York. A Harlem apartment house

Background imageDustbins Collection: Metal ashcans, Frederick Douglass housing project, Anacostia, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks

Metal ashcans, Frederick Douglass housing project, Anacostia, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Anacostia, D.C. Frederick Douglass housing project. Metal ashcans

Background imageDustbins Collection: Somers Town

Somers Town
A dreary and unsavoury locality of 18th and 19th century London called La Belle Isle, abandoned to mountains of refuse from the metropolitan dustbins

Background imageDustbins Collection: Ground Plan of Wild court in its Present State (engraving)

Ground Plan of Wild court in its Present State (engraving)
5204481 Ground Plan of Wild court in its Present State (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ground Plan of Wild court in its Present State)

Background imageDustbins Collection: A woman and six children, some on a balcony, in a Liverpool slum scene

A woman and six children, some on a balcony, in a Liverpool slum scene. The faces of the three children grouped together on the balcony have been significantly retouched

Background imageDustbins Collection: Children playing dustbins on a slum housing estate 1st June 1962

Children playing dustbins on a slum housing estate 1st June 1962. Taken from a set of pictures showing slum housing in post war Britain

Background imageDustbins Collection: DUSTBINS / CATALOGUE / 1900

DUSTBINS / CATALOGUE / 1900
Three galvanised iron dustbins Date: circa 1900

Background imageDustbins Collection: Picture No. 12020153

Picture No. 12020153
Golden Hamster in a green dustbin. Date:

Background imageDustbins Collection: Picture No. 12020151

Picture No. 12020151
Golden Hamster in a green dustbin. Date:

Background imageDustbins Collection: Recycling Pig Swill

Recycling Pig Swill
The Lobb Brothers (Charles & Henry) collect pig swill in special pails, twice a week from the homes of 25-30 neighbours, who are pleased that their waste is recycled. Date: 1930s

Background imageDustbins Collection: Face in garage window, Sale, Greater Manchester

Face in garage window, Sale, Greater Manchester
A face peeps out through a garage window in Sale, Greater Manchester. Date: circa 1979

Background imageDustbins Collection: Refuse collector at work on a Balham street, SW London

Refuse collector at work on a Balham street, SW London. He is wearing a mortar board which someone has thrown away. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageDustbins Collection: Refuse collectors at work on a Balham street, SW London

Refuse collectors at work on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageDustbins Collection: Gibraltar cub scouts in anti-litter campaign

Gibraltar cub scouts in anti-litter campaign
Gibraltar cub scouts taking part in an anti-litter campaign, marching along a main street

Background imageDustbins Collection: Picture No. 10853598

Picture No. 10853598
RED FOX - at dustbin (Vulpes vulpes) Date:

Background imageDustbins Collection: Picture No. 10853596

Picture No. 10853596
Fox - scavenging at dustbin (Vulpes vulpes) Date:

Background imageDustbins Collection: Picture No. 10853597

Picture No. 10853597
Red FOX SCAVENGING - at dustbin (Vulpes vulpes) Date:

Background imageDustbins Collection: Picture No. 10732528

Picture No. 10732528
Bleaching refuse bin after maggots have bred. Date:

Background imageDustbins Collection: Picture No. 10868389

Picture No. 10868389
Woman recycling cardboard in recycling bin Date:

Background imageDustbins Collection: Picture No. 10868370

Picture No. 10868370
Woman recycling plastic bottles Date:

Background imageDustbins Collection: Picture No. 10901022

Picture No. 10901022
European Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Date:

Background imageDustbins Collection: Picture No. 10901021

Picture No. 10901021
European Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Date:

Background imageDustbins Collection: Domestic rubbish bins dividing general, recycling and garden refuse, England, June

Domestic rubbish bins dividing general, recycling and garden refuse, England, June

Background imageDustbins Collection: Fox - at dustbin

Fox - at dustbin
LB-3760 Red FOX - at dustbin Vulpes vulpes Ian Beames contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Background imageDustbins Collection: Waste and recycling bins. Westonbirt Arboretum Tetbury UK

Waste and recycling bins. Westonbirt Arboretum Tetbury UK
MAB-1093 Waste and recycling bins Westonbirt Arboretum Tetbury UK Mark Boulton contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Background imageDustbins Collection: Recycling - colourful recycling bins at visitor centre near Lake Pukaki Mackenzie District New

Recycling - colourful recycling bins at visitor centre near Lake Pukaki Mackenzie District New Zealand where
MAB-616 Recycling - colourful recycling bins at visitor centre near Lake Pukaki Mackenzie District New Zealand where the District Council supports a zero waste strategy Mark Boulton contact details

Background imageDustbins Collection: Compost - variety of kitchen waste including vegetable peelings paper

Compost - variety of kitchen waste including vegetable peelings paper and fruit in top of black plastic composting bin
MAB-390 Compost - variety of kitchen waste including vegetable peelings paper and fruit in top of black plastic composting bin compost Mark Boulton contact details: prints@ardea.com tel

Background imageDustbins Collection: Cans and aerosol recycling bin Port Ellen Isle of Islay Scotland UK

Cans and aerosol recycling bin Port Ellen Isle of Islay Scotland UK
MAB-671 Cans and aerosol recycling bin Port Ellen Isle of Islay Mark Boulton contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Background imageDustbins Collection: Variety of recycling bins Balmoral car park Royal Deeside Scotland UK

Variety of recycling bins Balmoral car park Royal Deeside Scotland UK
MAB-679 Variety of recycling bins Balmoral car park Royal Deeside Scotland UK Mark Boulton contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Background imageDustbins Collection: Waste collection - with Info panel on the A7 motorway - France

Waste collection - with Info panel on the A7 motorway - France
WAT-17767 Waste collection - with info panel on the A7 motorway France M. Watson contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Background imageDustbins Collection: Grizzly Bear WAT 2132 in rubbish. Alaska. Ursus horribilis © M. Watson / ardea. com

Grizzly Bear WAT 2132 in rubbish. Alaska. Ursus horribilis © M. Watson / ardea. com
WAT-2132 GRIZZLY BEAR - LOOKS IN RUBBISH Alaska, USA Ursus horribilis The Grizzly is a sub species of the North American Brown Bear Distribution: Alaska, Canada and United States. M

Background imageDustbins Collection: DUSTMANs STRIKE 1979

DUSTMANs STRIKE 1979
A huge pile-up of cardboard boxes and other refuse during the Dustmens Strike over pay and working conditions, central London. Date: 1979

Background imageDustbins Collection: Red Fox - in back garden on top of dustbin 11876

Red Fox - in back garden on top of dustbin 11876
BB-2276 Red Fox - in back garden on top of dustbin Vulpes vulpes Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageDustbins Collection: Red Fox - in back garden near dustbin 11875

Red Fox - in back garden near dustbin 11875
BB-2275 Red Fox - in back garden near dustbin Vulpes vulpes Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageDustbins Collection: Red Fox - in back garden scavenging from dustbin 11874

Red Fox - in back garden scavenging from dustbin 11874
BB-2274 Red Fox - in back garden scavenging from dustbin Vulpes vulpes Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageDustbins Collection: Compost / Wormery - closeup of worms amongst variety of kitchen waste including vegetable peelings

Compost / Wormery - closeup of worms amongst variety of kitchen waste including vegetable peelings cardboard
MAB-394 Compost / Wormery - closeup of worms amongst variety of kitchen waste including vegetable peelings cardboard and fruit peelings in top of black plastic recycled composting bin UK Mark Boulton

Background imageDustbins Collection: Raven - in flight - looking for food around rubbish bin - Canadian Rocky Mountains - Alberta

Raven - in flight - looking for food around rubbish bin - Canadian Rocky Mountains - Alberta, Canada BI018586
COS-2862 Raven - in flight - looking for food around rubbish bin Canadian Rocky Mountains - Alberta, Canada Corvus corax Bill Coster Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageDustbins Collection: Badger - at dustbin

Badger - at dustbin
BB-530 European Badger - at dustbin Meles meles Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Background imageDustbins Collection: Striped Skunk - at dustbin

Striped Skunk - at dustbin
WAT-3726 Striped Skunk - at dustbin Mephitis mephitis M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way



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"Dustbins: A Window into the Past and Present" Compost and wormery - a fascinating sight of worms busily working their magic amidst a variety of kitchen waste, including vegetable and fruit peelings, cardboard, all neatly arranged in a black plastic recycled composting bin. A sustainable solution for eco-conscious gardeners. (UK) Blackwall's 220-litre compost bin made entirely from 100% recycled plastic in Cotswolds, UK. Taking recycling to new heights while reducing our carbon footprint. An enchanting illustration by Cecil Aldin captures the timeless charm of "Jack and Jill" with dustbins adding an unexpected touch to this classic scene. Journey back in time to Stockport's slum yard where the rag n bone man collected discarded treasures from residents' doorsteps, surrounded by dusty old dustbins filled with forgotten stories. Step into the communal yard of Stockport's slums; witness the resilience and resourcefulness as families make do with what they have amidst rows of humble dustbins. In a poignant picture captured as Picture No. 12020152, a young boy stands in his slum housing yard surrounded by worn-out dustbins that serve as both playground equipment and reminders of hardship. Travel back to Hull on July 9th, 1953 – children find joy indoors near their trusty dustbins within their home; proof that even simple objects can spark imagination and endless fun. Explore Harlem apartment life through Gordon Parks' lens in New York City during 1943 – peek inside an apartment house where bustling lives revolve around strategically placed dustbins serving multiple purposes. Metal ashcans dotting Frederick Douglass housing project in Anacostia, D. C. , become silent witnesses to countless stories unfolding within these communities during Gordon Parks' photographic journey in 1942.