AN ENORMOUS pile of rubbish named ‘wet wipe’ island has begun to form along a UK river. The 180-tonne lump of filth, which is ...

The Port of London Authority (PLA) has said it will remove about 180 tonnes of congealed wet wipes – the equivalent to the ...

The River Thames is supposed to be the beautiful heartbeat of London. Instead, there are an estimated 400,000 pounds of wet ...

To a casual observer, the pair of mechanical excavators raking through the mulch on the Thames’s southern foreshore might ...

Microplastics have been detected in the food we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink, and our vital organs. While ...

They persist because they’re made of plastic, a durable material that won’t easily degrade. Plastic can last for decades to hundreds of years. Therefore, governments and manufacturers are eagerly ...

The mass excavation, led and co-ordinated by the Port of London Authority in collaboration with Thames Water, will see the ...

It’s important to note that England hasn’t actually passed a ban on plastic wet wipes. The proposal will undergo a consultation, which has happened three times since 2021.

The UK Health Security Agency has urged the public to avoid using three wet wipe brands following a contamination outbreak. UKHSA has said the public should not use certain non-sterile alcohol-free ...

Patients cleaned with the wipes had a lower incident of catheter-associated UTI. Using wet wipes to clean bedridden patients with catheters resulted in fewer catheter-associated UTIs, researchers ...

Once wipes enter the river system they cause a whole new set of issues. In wet wipe production a range of chemicals are added to increase durability, soften the texture and make them antibacterial.