Terry Whittaker / Grey heron ( Ardea cinerea) flying to bin. Herons congregate around the fish stalls as city markets are closing, picking up scraps of food. Amsterdam, Netherlands. April.

Neil Aldridge / Urban Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) searching for food near bins in a courtyard at night, West London, United Kingdom, May 2014. Finalist in the Urban category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awar...

Sam Hobson / Young urban Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) standing in front of Bristol City Council dustbins. Bristol, UK, September.

Laurent Geslin / European brown bear + cubs scavenging in rubbish bins {Ursus arctos} Brasov, Romania

Ernie Janes,Ernie Janes / Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) scavenging in bin. UK, May.

Laurent Geslin / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) climbing over wall to reach rubbish bins. Brasov, Romania.

Adrian Davies / Woman and children putting glass bottles in recycling bins. England, UK

Doug Gimesy / 1554 recovered Grey-headed Fly-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) carcases collected during a heat-stress at event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox colony - about one third of those estimate...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of 1554 recovered Grey-headed Fly-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) carcases collected during a heat-stress at event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox colony - about one third of th...

David Woodfall / Red litter bin washed up on Rhosilli Beach, Gower, South Wales, UK, March.

David Woodfall / Red litter bin washed up on Rhosilli Beach, Gower, South Wales, UK, March.

David Woodfall / Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) investigating rubbish bin. Norfolk, England, UK, October.

Terry Whittaker / Grey Heron ( Ardea cinerea) congregating around the fish stalls as city markets are closing, picking up scraps of food. Amsterdam, Netherlands. April.

Terry Whittaker / Grey herons ( Ardea cinerea) scavenging from bin. Herons congregate around the fish stalls as city markets are closing, picking up scraps of food. Amsterdam, Netherlands. April.

Jack Dykinga / Waste and recycling bins with illustration showing decline in extent of Grinnell Glacier between 1910 and 2008. Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. August 2018.

Ashley Cooper / Recycling bins at Sennen Cove, Cornwall, England, UK. June.

Emanuele Biggi / Honey badger (Mellivora capensis) scavenging from dust bins at Halali Rest Camp, Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Nick Upton / Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) perched near a gull-proof bin saying 'Please don't feed the gulls' Bath, UK, March.

Sam Hobson / Herring gull (Larus argentatus) calling on bin, Scarborough, UK. July

Matthew Maran / Pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) eating tourist rubbish with Indian sambar deer (Cervus unicolor), Khao Yai National Park, Thailand.

Roland Seitre / Crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) raiding bins, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Ernie Janes / Black headed gull (Larus ridibundus) standing on green wheelie bin carried away in December sea surge, England, January.

Adrian Davies / Note about Great tit (Parus major) nest in 'Dog Poo' container, Samphire Hoe nature reserve, Kent, England, April.

Pat Tuson / Textile recycling bank with rubbish in front, Islington Green, London, England, UK, March 2013.

Pat Tuson / Black and white cow recycling bins in Clissold Park with The Castle Climbing Centre in background, Stoke Newington, London Borough of Hackney, England, UK, January 2013.

Cyril Ruoso / Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) group raiding trash bins looking for food with resident trying to scare them off, Cape Town, South Africa

Laurent Geslin / European brown bear cubs playing near rubbish bins {Ursus arctos} Brasov, Romania

Laurent Geslin / European brown bear cubs playing near rubbish bins {Ursus arctos} Brasov, Romania

Laurent Geslin / European brown bear cubs scavenging in rubbish bins {Ursus arctos} Brasov, Romania

Laurent Geslin / European brown bear + cub scavenging by rubbish bins, watched by people, Brasov,

Laurent Geslin / European brown bear + cubs scavenging in rubbish bins {Ursus arctos} Brasov, Romania

Laurent Geslin / European brown bear + cub scavenging by rubbish bins, watched by people, Brasov,

Laurent Geslin / European brown bear + cubs scavenging in rubbish bins {Ursus arctos} Brasov, Romania

Laurent Geslin / European brown bear + cubs scavenging in rubbish bins {Ursus arctos} Brasov, Romania

Laurent Geslin / European brown bear + cub scavenging in rubbish bins {Ursus arctos} Brasov, Romania

Laurent Geslin / European brown bear + cubs scavenging in rubbish bins {Ursus arctos} Brasov, Romania

Laurent Geslin / European brown bear + cub scavenging in rubbish bins {Ursus arctos} Brasov, Romania

Milan Radisics / Fox (Vulpes vulpes) foraging in rubbish bins at night, outskirts of Budapest city, Hungary

Milan Radisics / Fox (Vulpes vulpes) foraging in rubbish bins at night, outskirts of Budapest city, Hungary

Ernie Janes / Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) scavenging in bin. UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) scavenging in bin. UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) feeding on bread. UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) scavenging in bin. UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) scavenging in bin UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) scavenging in bin. UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) scavenging in bin, with moon. UK, May. (Double exposure on film)

Pat Tuson / Recycling Bins painted with splodges like cows, Clissold Park, Stoke Newington London Borough of Hackney, England UK

Pat Tuson / Post Christmas consumer packaging outside house along with full recycling bins, London Borough of Islington, London, UK

Nick Upton / Black headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) and a juvenile Rook (Corvus frugilegus) scavenging around rubbish bin near fast food advertisement at Motorway service station, Dumfries and Galloway, S...

Nick Turner / Person placing plastic and metal into kitchen recycling bins, September 2008.

Nick Turner / Woman putting plastic bottles and cardboard into kitchen recycling bins, September 2008.

Nick Turner / Non-recyclable bins with information sign, for landfill waste at a recycling centre, Gloucestershire, UK, February 2008.

Nick Turner / Recycling bins for aluminium foil and mobile phones and print cartridges at a recycling centre, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, February 2008.

Nick Turner / Fluorescent light tube recycling at a recycling centre, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, February 2008.

Ernie Janes / Greenhouse, compost bins and vegetable garden in Garden Allotments, Buckinghamshire, UK, June

Angelo Gandolfi / Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) searching for food in industrial rubbish bins, Brasov, South Carpathian mountains, Romania

Angelo Gandolfi / Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) searching for food in industrial rubbish bins, Brasov, South Carpathian mountains, Romania

Angelo Gandolfi / Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) searching for food in industrial rubbish bins, Brasov, South Carpathian mountains, Romania

Stephen Dalton / Raccoon (Procyon lotor) scavenging in garbage bin, controlled conditions

Peter Cairns / naturepl.com / Compost recycling bins stacked up for distribution, Inverness, Scotland, UK, May 2008

Peter Cairns / naturepl.com / Compost recycling bins stacked up for distribution, Inverness, Scotland, UK, May 2008

Colin Monteath / Girl disposes of garbage, recycling, and organic waste into garbage bins, Little River, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand

Nature Production / Large-billed / Jungle Crows {Corvus macrorhynchos} scavenging from rubbish bins in the morning, Tokyo, Japan

Michael Hutchinson / Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus / Cercopithecus aethiops) reaching into bin for food. The grill on top of the bin was supposed to stop them raiding the bins, Kenya

Adrian Davies / People depositing glass in recycling bins, England, UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Recycling bins, Spain

Warwick Sloss / Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) jumping from dustbin, UK

Barry Bland / Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) on a fence above a sign saying "Please use the litter bins provided", Florida, USA.

David Pattyn / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) searching for food in rubbish bins on roadside at night with house in background, Brasov, South Carpathian mountains, Romania. July.

David Pattyn / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) searching for food in rubbish bins on roadside at night next to street lights, Brasov, South Carpathian mountains, Romania. July.

David Pattyn / RF - Brown bear (Ursus arctos) searching for food in rubbish bins on roadside at night with house in background, Brasov, South Carpathian mountains, Romania. July. (This image may be licensed either a...

David Pattyn / Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) searching for food in rubbish bins, Brasov, South Carpathian mountains, Romania. July

Neil Aldridge / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) sniffs inside rubbish bin as photographer Matthew Maran photographs it, at night, North London, UK. March. Model Released.

Roland Seitre / Two Crab-eating macaques (Macaca fascicularis) sitting on rubbish bin eating discarded food, Alexandra Falls, Black River Gorges National Park, Mauritius.

Charlie Hamilton-James / Three Brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) climbing over rubbish bin foraging for food at night, Tribeca, New York City, USA. September.

Robin Chittenden / Bin overflowing with plasitc bags filled with Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) waste. Norfolk, UK. April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Wooden compost bins surrounded by wildflowers in garden, Scotland, UK. August.

Matthew Maran / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) scavenging for food in litter bin on a city street at night, London, UK. April.

Shane Gross / A bear-proof rubbish bin that reads "A fed bear is a dead bear!" in a public park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. June, 2021.

Ashley Cooper / Bus station flooded by the River Severn after Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis lead to the wettest February recorded in the UK. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK, February 2020.

Stephen Dalton / Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) leaping from dustbin, Sussex, England.

Jeff Foott / Fish shaped recycling bin containing plastic bottles. On promenade above beach. San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico. 2020.