Weekend readers' pictures: Rubbish

'Taken on an Easter Sunday walk along Newport Canal, this trolley seemed almost like a welcome water feature compared with all of the other rubbish in the canal.' Photograph: Gareth Lee

'Having a picnic at Chirk Castle during the rubbish bank holiday weather.' Photograph: Emily Fearns-Nicol

'Children are never happier than when they’re rubbish.' Photograph: Tom Scanlon

'This discarded shirt looked like it was ready to leap off the sand and take on a life of it's own.' Photograph: Natasha Hryniewicz

'This chair was dumped as rubbish a few weeks ago at a disused wartime airfield in Dorset. It silently waits.' Photograph: Frank Finn

'On a cold and rainy afternoon, I kept my head down looking for the perfect piece of rubbish.' Photograph: Bonnie Alter

'For him it's the only place to play. His parents earn their living there. I felt very humbled.' Photograph: Naomi Roberts

'Discarded soft toys rescued, washed and ready for new loving owners.' Photograph: Gill Powell

'Walking around Budapest I looked down an alley way to find this orange rubbish bin being given its full attention by the autumn sunlight.' Photograph: Mike Ryder

'On my way to the market in Dili/East Timor to get my morning bread, I came across this old man collecting plastic bottles.' Photograph: Bjoern Eser