Georgette Douwma / Plastic bags floating at the surface of the sea. Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Moromaho Island is home to thousands of Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera). Twice a year farmers come to this island to harvest copra, the meat of the coconut, which is the source of coconut oil. Wakatobi...

Gavin Hellier / Shops selling tropical fish, koi carp and goldfish in bags, Mongkok, Hong Kong, China 2007

Gavin Hellier / inside Terminal 3, Baggage Carousel in the Arrivals Hall, Dubai International Airport, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2011

Gavin Hellier / Terminal 3 Baggage Carousel in the Arrivals Hall, new Dubai International Airport, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2011

Kirkendall-Spring / Golf bags and clubs, with golfer, Jackson Hole Golf and Tennis Club, Teton mountain range in the background, Wyoming, USA, July 2011

Jabruson / Taxi with boot loaded with Breadfruit and charcoal from market in Sao Tome, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Gulf of Guinea 2009

Pat Tuson / The Small Green Bag, reusable shopping bag from Tesco held by woman in queue at plant sale, London UK

Pat Tuson / Man in street carrying The Big Green Bag, reusuable bag from Tesco, London, UK

Pat Tuson / Shopping in reusable cotton bag in wire backet on bicycle, London, UK

Pat Tuson / The big green bag, Tesco reusable shopping bag held by man, Islington Farmers Market, London, UK

Pat Tuson / Reusable cotton bag with plastic bottles for use as garden cloches within, London UK

Pat Tuson / Reusable cotton Bag used to carry shopping, London UK

Pat Tuson / Man holding reusable cotton bag, London UK

Pat Tuson / Reusable cotton bag, London, UK

Oriol Alamany / Hiking boots and backpacks at the entrance of Grey mountain hut, trekking in National Park Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Hamper showing usual load carried by porters / sherpas. Sagarmatha National Park (World Heritage UNESCO). Khumbu / Everest Region, Nepal, Himalaya, October 2011.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Litter picking volunteers carrying bags of rubbish take part in Flora of the Fells conservation day. Helvellyn, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, September.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Litter picking volunteers carrying bags of rubbish take part in Flora of the Fells conservation day. Helvellyn, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, September. Did you know? The amount of litter we d...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Litter picking volunteers carrying bags of rubbish take part in Flora of the Fells conservation day. Helvellyn, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, September.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Litter picking volunteers holding bags of collected rubbish as part of Flora of the Fells conservation day. Helvellyn, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, September.

John Beatty / 2020VISION / Men planting seedlings in eroded peat.

Onne van der Wal / Boy sleeping on deck of 30ft Tiki catamaran "Abaco". Exumas, Bahamas, Caribbean. June 2009, Model and property released.

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fishermen unloading bags of Common whelks (Buccinum undatum) at the harbour (The Cobb), Lyme Regis, England, UK, February 2011

Michael W. Richards / Indian family travelling on motor bike with shopping, Madhya Pradesh, India, 2006

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / RSPB volunteers moving bags of firewood for distribution to local community at Christmas, Abernethy Forest NNR, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, December 2011

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius), Kent, UK. Members of Kent Mammal Group conduct monthly dormouse survey. Dormice being held in plastic bags during processing, September 2011, Model released.

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Licensed professional, Phil Littler, returns to a Marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) nest with six bags containing the six chicks that he has just ringed. Sculthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk, UK, June...

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Licensed professional, Phil Littler, returns from a Marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) nest with six bags containing six chicks. The chicks will then be ringed and returned to their nest. Sculthorpe N...

Klaus Echle / Bags of harvested Douglas Fir tree (Pseudotsuga menziesii) cones. Black Forest, Germany, August.

Georgette Douwma / Plastic bags floating at the surface of the sea. Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Plastic bags floating at the surface of the sea. Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Ernie Janes / Harvesting Lettuces, putting the lettuces into plastic bags for transfer to supermarket, Norfolk, UK, Autumn

Ernie Janes / Harvesting Lettuces, putting the lettuces into plastic bags for transfer to supermarket, Norfolk, UK, Autumn

Ernie Janes / Harvesting Lettuces, putting the lettuces into plastic bags for transfer to supermarket, Norfolk, UK, Autumn

Jeff Wilson / Frozen planet team equipment ready for Antarctica expedition to Ross Sea, in National Science Foundation hanger, Christchurch, New Zealand. October 2009. Taken on location for BBC series, Frozen Plane...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter drinking tea inside hut near Igloolik. Nunavut, Canada, 1990. 40 BELOW bookplate.

Philippe Clement / Bags of cultivated oysters (Lophia folium) at oyster farm / oyster park exposed on beach at low tide. Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Normandy, France, October 2010.

Philippe Clement / Bags of cultivated oysters (Lophia folium) at oyster farm / oyster park exposed on beach at low tide. Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Normandy, France, October 2010.

Philippe Clement / Steel chain bags used for scallop dredging on harbour quay. Barfleur, Normandy, France, October 2010.

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian woman making a shigra. Shigras are hand-knotted bags made from a fibre extracted from a palm leaf. The fibre is dryed and sun bleached before being rolled into sting for either bags or...

Jane Burton / Chocolate and Yellow Retriever puppies in a cloth bag.

Matthew Maran / Bags of food prepared for hiking the West Coast Trail. Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September.

Mark Taylor / Shy ginger kitten peeping out of raffia basket

Ernie Janes / Dog mess bin overflowing, Cley Beach, Norfolk, UK, September 2009

Fabio Liverani / Bags of local grain and produce at market, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, June 2010.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) meat & fat is placed in bags made of walrus skin. The meat will be allowed to ferment and become the Inuit delicacy 'Igunak'. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada, 1992.

Lisa Hoffner / Forest wood and charcoal bags at the dry tropical forest edge. This was once prime Cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) habitat. Colombia, South America. February 2008

Aflo / ic-03503 Dog with school bag taking puppy to school.

Neil Lucas / Equipment store, Kit Bags, NSF, Christchurch, New Zealand

Toby Roxburgh / Scallop dredge beam, showing individual steel chain bags and spring-loaded teeth to allow fishing over rough ground. Brixham, Devon, England, UK, 2009.

Lisa Hoffner / Colombian boy collects plastic bags for use in eco-mochilas (bags). This project has recycled more than 1.5 million plastic bags and provides an income to the village living around the forest thereby...

Lisa Hoffner / Colombian woman wears a "tamarins in danger of extinction" t-shirt and an eco-mochila (bag) woven from recycled plastic bags. Los Limites, Colombia, South America. February 2008

Lisa Hoffner / Mochilas and other products woven from recycled plastic bags. This project has recycled more than 1.5 million plastic bags and provides an income to the village living around the forest thereby prot...

Lisa Hoffner / Colombian woman knitting mochilas and other products woven from recycled plastic bags. This project has recycled more than 1.5 million plastic bags and provides an income to the village living around...

Lisa Hoffner / Colombian man cutting strips of recycled plastic bags to be woven into products.This project has recycled more than 1.5 million plastic bags and provides an income to the village living around the for...

Sven Zacek / Campers within sleeping bags, boreal forest at dusk, Estonia, Spring.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Munier / Laurent Joffrion with two rucksacks, standing outside traditional building with grass roof, Forollhogna National Park, Norway, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Munier / Rucksack and walking boots for camping expedition outside wooden building with grass roof, Forollhogna National Park, Norway, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Munier / Rucksack and walking boots for camping expedition outside wooden building, Forollhogna National Park, Norway, September 2008

Chris Gomersall / Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) scavenging on bags of mussels, Norfolk, UK, March

Mark Bowler / Plastic bag full of Silver arowana fish (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum) collected for the ornamental fish trade from the Varzea flooded forests of South America, Peru

Mark Taylor / Two Ginger kittens hiding in a raffia bag

Tom Gilks / Artisanal bags for sale, Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania. August 2008.

Pete Oxford / Fly fishing tackle, Port Howard, West Falkland, Falkland Islands

Eric Baccega / Woman carrying heavy load of charcoal bags to the market, on the road from Sake to Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, March 2009

Eric Baccega / People bringing charcoal bags to the market, on the road from Sake to Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, March 2009

Eric Baccega / Man pushing a chukudu loaded with charcoal bags along the road from Sake to Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa. Chukudu is a wooden bicycle with rubber tyres that is virtually uniq...

Eric Baccega / Street market in Sake with farmers selling their vegetables and charcoal bags, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, March 2009

Philippe Clement / Fishermen unload bags of Scallops (Pecten jacobeus) from fishing boat at the Erquy port, Brittany, France. May 2008.

Philippe Clement / Fishermen unload bags of Scallops (Pecten jacobeus) from fishing boat at the Erquy port, Brittany, France. May 2008.

Norbert Wu / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) eating a jellyfish, turltes often mistake plastic bags for jellyfish which can kill them, endangered species, Long Beach Aquarium, California

Gary K. Smith / Fishermen grading Mussels {Mytillus sp.} in tidal harbour, Norfolk, UK. July 2006

Jose B. Ruiz / White grapes protected by paper bags {Vitis vinifera} in vineyard, Murcia, Spain, Europe

Fabio Liverani / People in sleeping bags resting during day, in traditional sardinian goat hut, Sardinia, Italy

Pete Oxford / Chambira palm leaf strands drying - used to make hammocks & bags, Llanchamacocha Ecuadorian Amazon

Martin Gabriel / Goldfish for sale in plastic bags, street market, Jakarta, Indonesia

Martin Gabriel / Goldfish for sale in plastic bags, street market, Jakarta, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Walrus gut bags used for floats or drums, Little Diomede Aleut Community Bering Sea, Alaska, USA

JIM CLARE / Peruvian boobies {Sula Variegata} with stack of guano, local industry, Chincha Island, Peru

Juergen Freund / Bags of Sea anemones for sale for food, Tawi, Philippines

Juergen Freund / Whale sharks made of bamboo and rice bags during whale shark festival at Fluvial Parade, Donsol, Philippines.

Norbert Wu / Plastic bags look like jellyfish and kill turtles and other marine life mistakenly eating them, Philippines

Nick Turner / Paper bags at Farmers market, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK

Phil Savoie / Asbestos placed in double 6mm bags ready for dump. Danger of release of carcinogenic fibres.

Jose B. Ruiz / White grapes protected by paper bags, Murcia, Spain, Europe

Onne van der Wal / The crew below deck onboard "Maximus", handing up the sailbag with a new sail during the Newport to Bermuda Race 2006.

Roberto Rinaldi / Man weaving a handmade Yap style bag, Micronesia.

David Woodfall / Uncollected council waste bags from businesses, in the streets of a small town. Wales, UK July 2008

David Woodfall / Uncollected council waste bags from businesses, in the streets of a small town. Wales, UK July 2008

David Woodfall / Litter in the form of a plastic carton scattered over the streets of a small town. Wales, UK July 2008

David Woodfall / Litter in the form of a plastic carton scattered over the streets of a small town. Wales, UK July 2008

David Woodfall / Torn council waste bags, with rubbish scattered over the streets of a small town. Wales, UK July 2008

David Woodfall / Torn council waste bags, with rubbish scattered over the streets of a small town. Wales, UK July 2008

Merryn Thomas / Dog faeces in bag left on Instow beach, North Devon, April 2009.

Roberto Rinaldi / Man weaving a Yap style bag, Micronesia.