BBCNEWS BBC News at One November 2, 2021 13:26:00
Down or decompose. now one mp is propsing a new law to change the way they're produced. ione wells reports. we use wet wipes all the time, don't we? to wipe our surfaces, to take our make—up off, to clean up after kids. they're 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 it's covered in wet wipes that have overflowed from our drains. so, it's notjust sand, it's held together by wipes. chris works for the charity thames 21 that clean up the thames river ...