Congealed rubbish equivalent to around five million wet wipes has been cleared from the banks of the River Thames as a major project to remove the so-called “wet wipe island” reaches completion. Last ...

The government has signed into law today a ban on the sale of wet wipes that contain plastic, marking a major step forward in tackling plastic pollution that clogs up sewers and devastates our ...

Approximately five million wet wipes have finally been removed from the infamous ‘Wet Wipe Island’ on the River Thames. The three-week project was the country’s first mass wet wipe removal project of ...

Wet wipes overtake U.K.’s River Thames ABC News’ Maggie Rulli reports from “Wet Wipe Island” where officials are removing 180 tons of congealed wet wipes that have built up along the U.K. 's famous ...

A ban on wet wipes containing plastic fibres will be in force from Spring 2027, the government has confirmed. The policy was introduced as a private members bill in November 2021 by MP Fleur Anderson, ...

The changes, which will start to be rolled out in the UK this year, are aimed at reducing the scale of plastic pollution.

FLUSHING wet wipes down the toilet nearly led to a family home in Blackbird Leys being flooded by raw sewage. Waste from an overflowing manhole cover in Vetch Place began seeping out on Friday evening ...

ABC News’ Maggie Rulli reports from “Wet Wipe Island” where officials are removing 180 tons of congealed wet wipes that have built up along the U.K. 's famous River Thames.