Wet wipe pollution 'changing the shape of British riverbeds'
by Bibi van der Zee from on (#3P6EK)
More than 5,000 wet wipes found in an area next to the Thames the size of half a tennis court
Wet wipes are changing the shape of British riverbeds, campaigners said after finding more than 5,000 of them alongside the Thames in an area the size of half a tennis court.
Thames 21, a London environmental organisation that cleans up rivers and canals, retrieved 5,453 wet wipes during an operation last month in 116 sq m of the Thames embankment near Hammersmith. The haul was an increase of nearly a thousand over last year's total (which took place on a larger riverbank area).
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