Michael Pitts / Hawaiian monk seal caught in fishing tackle off Kure Atoll, Pacific Ocean. The seal was subsequently freed and released by the photographer.

Tony Wu / Plastic bottles and other rubbish, found on a beach in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

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

Oscar Dewhurst / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) scavenging for food in a rubbish skip. London, UK. November

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

Andy Sands / German wasp (Vespula germanica) worker carrying rubbish, flying out of nest in air brick, Hertfordshire, England, UK. July

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

Will Bolton / 2020VISION / Truck dumping rubbish at landfill site with mixed flock of Gulls (Larus sp.) flying overhead, Pitsea, Essex, England, UK, November 2011.

Will Bolton / 2020VISION / Machinery working on a landfill site with mixed flock of Gulls (Larus sp.) flying overhead, Pitsea, Essex, England, UK, November 2011.

Will Bolton / 2020VISION / Mixed flock of Gulls (Larus sp.) flying over and scavenging on a pile of rubbish on a landfill site, Pitsea, Essex, England, UK, November 2011.

Will Bolton / 2020VISION / Truck dumping rubbish at landfill site with mixed flock of Gulls (Larus sp.) scavenging on rubbish, Pitsea, Essex, England, UK, November 2011.

Will Bolton / 2020VISION / Truck dumping rubbish at landfill site with mixed flock of Gulls (Larus sp.) flying overhead, Pitsea, Essex, England, UK, November 2011.