Thames River Bed News Today

To clean up after kids. theyre pretty sturdy things, but a lot of them end up on our river banks. the thames river bank near battersea bridge looks like a normal river bank, but peel at the surface of the ground and its covered in wet wipes that have overflowed from our drains. chris works for the charity thames 21 that clean up the thames river bed. so the problem weve got is that an awful lot of the wipes that are flushed down the toilet shouldnt be. obviously, a lot of material like make—up...

They are still very tough and you can see they are almost bound together like string. they change the shape of the river bed, they break down into pieces, smaller pieces that animals can eat. the wet wipes that dont end up on our river banks and in our rivers end up here in our sewage system and that can lead to all kinds of other problems, like blocking the sewers themselves. this footage shows wet wipes being pulled from one sewer by thames water. they merge with oil and grease to form blockag...

The way theyre produced, as lone wells reports. we use wet wipes all the time, dont we? to wipe our surfaces, to take our make—up off, to clean up after kids. theyre pretty sturdy things. but a lot of them end up on our river banks. the thames river bank near battersea bridge looks like a normal river bank, but peel at the surface of the ground and its covered in wet wipes that have overflowed from our drains. so, its notjust sand, its held together by wipes. chris works for the charity thames...

Down or decompose. now one mp is propsing a new law to change the way theyre produced. ione wells reports. we use wet wipes all the time, dont we? to wipe our surfaces, to take our make—up off, to clean up after kids. theyre pretty sturdy things, but a lot of them end up on our river banks. the thames river bank near battersea bridge looks like a normal river bank, but peel at the surface of the ground and its covered in wet wipes that have overflowed from our drains. so, its notjust sand, its...

Way, theyjust fall apart slowly, but they are still very tough and you can see they are almost bound together like string. they change the shape of the river bed, they break down into pieces, smaller pieces that animals can eat. the wet wipes that dont end up on our river banks and in our rivers end up here in our sewage system and that can lead to all kinds of other problems, like blocking the sewers themselves. this footage shows wet wipes being pulled from one sewer by thames water. they merg...

Down or decompose. now theres a new campaign to change the way theyre produced, as ione wells reports. we use wet wipes all the time, dont we? to wipe our surfaces, to take our make—up off, to clean up after kids. theyre pretty sturdy things. but a lot of them end up on our river banks. the thames river bank near battersea bridge looks like a normal river bank, but peel at the surface of the ground and its covered in wet wipes that have overflowed from our drains. so, its notjust sand, its san...