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Organic wastes

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Wastewater
Waste Management
Waste products
Factory and trade waste

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Images from the collections

Images about Organic wastes

4 images from works
  • A dust cart with a refuse collector (dustman) ringing a bell to collect household rubbish. Coloured aquatint by W.H. Pyne, 1805.
  • King's Cross, London: the Great Dust-Heap, next to Battle Bridge and the Smallpox Hospital. Watercolour painting by E. H. Dixon, 1837.
  • King's Cross, London: the Great Dust-Heap, next to Battle Bridge and the Smallpox Hospital. Watercolour painting by E. H. Dixon, 1837.
  • King's Cross, London: the Great Dust-Heap, next to Battle Bridge and the Smallpox Hospital. Watercolour painting by E. H. Dixon, 1837.

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    King's Cross, London: the Great Dust-Heap, next to Battle Bridge and the Smallpox Hospital. Watercolour painting by E. H. Dixon, 1837.

    Dixon, E. H., active 1835-1859. | Date: 1837 | Reference: 38712i
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    King's Cross, London: the Great Dust-Heap, next to Battle Bridge and the Smallpox Hospital. Watercolour painting by E. H. Dixon, 1837.

    Dixon, E. H., active 1835-1859. | Date: 1837 | Reference: 38709i
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    A dust cart with a refuse collector (dustman) ringing a bell to collect household rubbish. Coloured aquatint by W.H. Pyne, 1805.

    Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769-1843. | Date: 1 January 1805 | Reference: 36928i

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Waste Management

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