Wet wipes ‘forming islands’ across UK after being flushed

MPs heard about scale of problem during first reading of plastics (wet wipes) bill

Wet wipes which contain plastic are forming islands" across the UK after being flushed, with rivers changing shape after the products pile up on their banks, MPs have heard as legislation aiming to ban their sale had its first reading in the House of Commons.

Labour MP Fleur Anderson's plastics (wet wipes) bill would prohibit the manufacture and sale of wet wipes containing plastic if it was to pass through parliament and receive royal assent.