LONDON -- Heavy machinery is tearing through what locals are calling “wet wipe island,” an 820-foot shoreline of flushed bathroom debris that has transformed a stretch of London’s Thames River into an ...

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 ...

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.

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 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, ...

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 ...

The date when a baby essential will finally be banned has been revealed - as a warning has been issued on new ones costing £200million a year. A ban on the sale of plastic wet wipes has been passed ...

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 ...