Bing

Smeaton Bing, near Carberry, East Lothian, Scotland

A 'Bing' is an old Scots word for a heap. The coal industry in the Lothians generated huge piles of waste or 'bings'.

This is the last one in East Lothian and it's going to become a re-cycling centre.

An old mining village, called Smeaton, lies below the bing

Scotland's former industrial landscape

Part of the Dark Energy series