Plastic Bag adrift in Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia

Remains of Argentine hut destroyed by severe wind, Neko Harbour, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

A discarded plastic bag drifts underwater amid the remote, tropical islands of Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Plastics break into tiny pieces that eventually enter the food web.

Discarded plastic bags and other trash float above a shallow coral reef in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Plastics have become a major pollution problem worldwide.

A pile of full trash bags sits against a tree and a gray wall. The bags are filled with various items including plastic containers, cardboard, and paper.

Plastic bags concealed in an old landfill rubbish dump are revealed as the edge of Walney Island off Barrow in Furness is eroded away, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Rubbish piled high behind condemned houses in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Dustbins in Ulverston, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Plastic bags and packaging blown from a landfill site in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Trade waste bags outside a charity shop in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Plastic bags and packaging blown from a landfill site in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Rubbish on Shishmaref, a tiny island inhabited by around 600 Inuits, between Alaska and Siberia in the Chukchi Sea, United States of America, North America

Rubbish on a landfill site in Alicante, Costa Blanca, Murcia, Spain, Europe

Rubbish on a landfill site in Alicante, Costa Blanca, Murcia, Spain, Europe

Plastic bags and packaging blown from a landfill site in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Plastic bags blown from a landfill site in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Flies on rubbish dumped on the tundra outside Ilulissat in Greenland, Polar Regions

Plastic bags blown from a landfill site in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Rubbish floating past the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Rubbish floating past the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Rubbish on the street awaiting collection, England, United Kingdom, Europe

ecological concept with plastic waste. High resolution photo

Many bags filled with rubbish

A dog stands by a ripped open garbage bag with refuse on the ground and has a guilty look; Otavalo, Imbabura, Ecuador

Much of the north side of the island of Molokai in inaccessible. Trade winds blow onshore regularly bringing with them piles of plastic that has been floating around the Pacific Ocean for years and years, Molokai, Hawaii, United States of America

Much of the North side of the island of Molokai is inaccessible. when trade winds blow onshore regularly bringing with them piles of plastic that has been floating around the Pacific Ocean for years and years, Molokai, Hawaii, United States of America

Vehicle carrying big, black plastic bags, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China

Young girl picking up litter

Young girl picking up litter

Young children picking up litter