Alex Mustard / Jellyfish (Catostylus sp.) swims beneath a slick of plastic debris. Indian Ocean off Sri Lanka. Highly commended in the Environmental Report section, Montphoto competition 2019

Ashley Cooper / Plastic rubbish washed ashore from the sea in Glen Brittle, Isle of skye, Scotland, UK. May 2012

Franco Banfi / Genius River Bridge, made with marine debris by artist Tico 'Pancho', Chatham Bay, Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica. September 2012.

Suzi Eszterhas / Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) mother and two month old baby, Taipei Zoo, Taipei, Taiwan, digitally removed leaf debris in foreground

Suzi Eszterhas / Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) mother and two month old baby, Taipei Zoo, Taipei, Taiwan, digitally removed leaf debris in foreground

Juergen Freund / Umbrella and other human waste thrown out into the coastal waters, settling on the ground becoming marine life habitat, Moluccas Islands, Indonesia, December 2009

Michael Durham / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) uncovers a young Elk (Cervus elephus nelsoni) calf that it killed and covered with debris earlier, Wallowa County, Oregon * tags and tracking collar on cat were digitally...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) young male on beach, entangled in green fishing net, deadly marine debris floating in all oceans, Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarct...

Mark Moffett / Ant (Philidris sp) feeding on the oily orange spores of a host fern The ant lives in the fern's stem, where it drags nutrient rich debris to create compost for the fern, Borneo.

Peter Lewis / Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) murmuration at sunset, West Pier, Brighton, England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Termite (Reticulitermes sp) workers on damaged wooden skirting board with debris and frass.

Ernie Janes / Herring gull (Larus argentatus) immature bird feeding on hamburger debris in plastic wrapper, Norfolk, England, UK, February.