A charity has called for the government to commit to a date when plastic will be banned in wet wipes, to help prevent the effect they are having on the River Thames. Thames21 says wet wipes are not ...

Severn Trent is reminding customers of the serious impact wet wipes can have on them and their homes. Everyone is being urged to think about the effects that wet wipes can have on sewers and remember ...

Every day, Thames Water removes 30 tonnes of wet wipes and sanitary towels which congeal to form fatbergs and clog up the sewage systems. So Londoners are being encouraged to "bin it, not block it ...

Wet wipes take many years to break down and when they do, the small pieces of plastic within them are released into the water and ingested by wildlife A charity has called for the government to ...