A colourful dustbin in Brunswick Street, Melbourne, Victoria

A colourful dustbin in Brunswick Street, Melbourne, Victoria in December 2014

Advert on a garbage bin in Randwick, Sydney. World record attempt. Largest thong sandal race

Advert on a garbage bin in Randwick, Sydney in October 2015. World record attempt. Largest thong sandal race

Take your rubbish back to the mainland with you sign on Taichai Island, Thailand

Take your rubbish back to the mainland with you sign on Taichai Island, Thailand in May 2016

Put in the bin says the alien in North Fitzroy, Melbourne

Put in the bin says the alien in North Fitzroy, Melbourne in November 2016

Monster painted on a bin in Brunswick Street, North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria. Put in bin

Monster painted on a bin in Brunswick Street, North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria in November 2016. Put in bin

Einstein encouraging people to put rubbish in a bin in Fitzroy, Melbourne. Put in Bin

Einstein encouraging people to put rubbish in a bin  in Fitzroy, Melbourne in November 2016. Put in Bin

Rubbish on a street in Hanoi, Vietnam

Rubbish on a street in Hanoi, Vietnam in January 2012

Colourful dustbin at Warner Beach, Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Together we can keep Ethekwini beautiful

Colourful dustbin at Warner Beach, Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa in February 2015. Together we can keep Ethekwini beautiful

Indigi Empire Aboriginal flag sign on a skip in Bronte, Sydney

Indigi Empire Aboriginal flag sign on a skip in Bronte, Sydney in October 2015

Give food scraps a future sign on a dustbin in Randwick, Sydney

Give food scraps a future sign on a dustbin in Randwick, Sydney in May 2015

Overflowing dustbin in Sydney

Overflowing dustbin in Sydney in January 2015

A full dustbin at Warner Beach, Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

A full dustbin at Warner Beach, Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa in February 2015

A cleaner's cart in Hadyai, Thailand

A cleaner's cart in Hadyai, Thailand in February 2012

Hanoi rubbish

Street scene in Hanoi, Vietnam in January 2012

Dogtidy bag dispenser

 Dogtidy dog dispenser at Tamarama, Sydney in November 2010

Mobile wheelie bin

A worker wheeling a very large bin in Hanoi, Vietnam in January 2012

Garbage recycling in Hong Kong

A garbage recycling station in Kowloon, Hong Kong in September 2012

Overflowing charity bins

Charity bins overflowing at Dickson in Canberra in December 2012

Rubbish collection, Hanoi style

Rubbish on the street awaiting collection on the eve of Tet new year in the old quarter, Hanoi, Vietnam in January 2012

Bangkok rubbish

Overloaded rubbish bin at Pratunam, Bangkok, Thailand in June 2011