It’s 2018 and Dave Clark is wandering through Norfolk’s Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens. There are leopards, otters and whooping gibbons, but it’s a litter bin that catches Clark’s eye. Not just any old litter bin. This one is dressed up like a Fab ice lolly. Shocking pink. Chocolate brown. Multi-coloured sprinkles.
“I literally said out loud: ‘That is a decent bin!’” Clark recalls. “I got my camera and took a picture, and from that day onwards I photographed pretty much any bin that stood out. It’s amazing how many bins are out there – once you get started it can become a bit of an addiction.”
Clark, AKA ‘Dustbin Dave’, has since amassed a library of thousands of bin pics. Thanks to his unusual obsession – or what Clark calls his ‘binterest’ – he’s reaped newspaper headlines, talked rubbish on daytime telly and fronted anti-littering campaigns.
