Approximately five million wet wipes have finally been removed from the River Thames in an area of the famous UK river dubbed 'Wet Wipe Island'. Diggers have pulled 114 tonnes of waste out of the ...

Work has started to get rid of a build up of wet wipes along a stretch of the River Thames in west London known locally as "Wet Wipe Island". The Port of London Authority (PLA) has said it will remove ...

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 ...

A ban on the sale of plastic wet wipes has been passed into law following Fleur Anderson's campaign, with England joining Scotland and Wales when the new rules come into force from 2027 ...

Over the next month, an estimated 180 tons of congealed waste will be removed. LONDON -- Heavy machinery is tearing through what locals are calling “wet wipe island,” an 820-foot shoreline of flushed ...