Juergen Freund / Blue-lined fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) hiding in a plastic container, they usually hide in deserted worm tubes or other small holes, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Globefish (Diodon nicthemerus) swimming past a mass of plastic moving in the current, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Jabruson / Non biodegradable rubbish in abandoned forest camp. Lokoue, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 2004.

Mark Moffett / Entomologist Terry Erwin fogging tree with biodegradable pesticide to collect insect specimens, Pacaya-Samiria National Reservation, Peru

Sergio Hanquet / Marine pollution, - rubber car tyres on seabed, Canary Islands. 2014.

Sergio Hanquet / Plastic bottles and litter washed up on beach on south east coast of Tenerife

Sergio Hanquet / Plastic bottles and litter washed up on beach on south east coast of Tenerife

Sergio Hanquet / Tangled fishing net floating as litter in sea.

Michael Pitts / Plastic water bottle embedded in Coral reef. Ransiwor Island, Raja Ampast, Indonesia.

Adrian Davies / Compostable magazine wrapper, made from potato starch. UK. 2019.

Adrian Davies / Plastic fragments washed up on remote beach, western Portugal. 2019.

Adrian Davies / Discarded plastic and nylon rubbish on remote shingle beach. Shetland, Scotland, UK. July 2018.

Adrian Davies / Plastic fragments washed up on remote beach, western Portugal. 2019.

Adrian Davies / Plastic fragments washed up on remote beach, western Portugal. 2019.

Doug Perrine / Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) female and pup aged 6 weeks resting on beach. This shoreline is known locally as 'Trash Beach' because marine debris continually washes ashore here, bits...

Doug Perrine / Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) female nursing pup aged 6 weeks. This shoreline is known locally as 'Trash Beach' because marine debris continually washes ashore here, bits of plastic c...

Doug Perrine / Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) female and pup aged 6 weeks on beach. This shoreline is known locally as 'Trash Beach' because marine debris continually washes ashore here, bits of plas...

Jabruson / Non biodegradable rubbish in abandoned forest camp. Lokoue, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2004.

Jabruson / Non biodegradable rubbish in abandoned forest camp. Lokoue, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2004.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Discarded garbage in water, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania

Gary K. Smith / Man planting Broad bean plants {Vicia faba} in biodegradable fibre pots, Norfolk, UK, April

Gary K. Smith / Runner beans {Phaseolus coccineus} being planted in fibre biodegradable, pots, Norfolk, UK, April

Gary K. Smith / Man planting Broad bean plants {Vicia faba} in biodegradable fibre pots, Norfolk, UK, April

Gary K. Smith / Man planting Broad bean plants {Vicia faba} in biodegradable fibre pots, Norfolk, UK, April

Gary K. Smith / Biodegradable cornstarch bag with kitchen waste products ready for the compost heap, UK

Gary K. Smith / Runner beans {Phaseolus coccineus} seeds planted in fibre biodegradable, pots, Norfolk, UK, April

Pete Oxford / Disposable plates made from leaves for use at a wedding ceremoney. Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, 2006

Mark Moffett / Entomologist Terry Erwin fogs rainforest canopy with biodegradable pesticide, insects fall onto plastic sheets for collection and study, Pacaya-Samiria National Reservation, Peru

Pete Oxford / Collected nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, washed up ashore, after community based clean up. Betty's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Pete Oxford / Nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, washed up ashore. Betty's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Pete Oxford / Nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, floating between seaweed in shallow coastal waters. Bettys Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Pete Oxford / Collected nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, washed up ashore, after community based clean up. Betty's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Pete Oxford / Nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, washed up ashore. Betty's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Pete Oxford / Collected nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, washed up ashore, after community based clean up. Betty's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Claudio Contreras / Plastic garbage on beach in La Mona estuary. Bahia de los Angeles Biosphere Reserve, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. April.

Doug Perrine / Black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) attempting to feed chick marine debris, a monofilament fishing line coated with fish eggs. Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Papahanaumo...

Sylvain Cordier / Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra), two sitting amongst leaves, one holding plastic bottle. Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia. 2018.

Sylvain Cordier / Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra) holding plastic bottle, on black sand beach. Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.