The new rules mean that any retailers who supply wet wipes containing plastic are guilty of an offence and can be fined. But ...

A huge 'wet wipe island' in the River Thames will soon disappear as diggers have pulled 114 tonnes of waste out of the water. Congealed rubbish equivalent to around five million wet wipes has been ...

England is bringing in a ban on plastic wet wipes from 2027. This will mean they then have the same rules as the rest of the ...

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 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 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 ...

The River Thames is supposed to be the beautiful heartbeat of London. Instead, there are an estimated 400,000 pounds of wet wipes clogging up one 820-foot stretch along the riverbed.