They persist because they’re made of plastic, a durable material that won’t easily degrade. Plastic can last for decades to hundreds of years. Therefore, governments and manufacturers are eagerly ...

Microplastics have been detected in the food we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink, and our vital organs. While ...

The mass excavation, led and co-ordinated by the Port of London Authority in collaboration with Thames Water, will see the ...

Footage shows diggers removing ‘disgusting’ island of wet wipes from Thames - The arm of a digger could be seen plunging into ...

To a casual observer, the pair of mechanical excavators raking through the mulch on the Thames’s southern foreshore might ...

The Port of London Authority (PLA) has said it will remove about 180 tonnes of congealed wet wipes – the equivalent to the ...

I actually have an aversion to baby wipes because I like to feel dry when I’m clean. That lingering, wet feeling you get with baby wipes makes me feel extremely uncomfortable.

Only a few weeks ago, Mauricio Menache was making short and medium term plans for his wet wipes producing company, GoodFibers. Business was good. Three years after starting the business, the 28 ...

The battle over D.C.’s wet wipes would be laughable, local officials say, if the district didn’t have to overcome similar federal roadblocks every year, frequently over local laws involving ...

The wet wipes that constituted Reggie, and so many other blockages like it, have been a popular alternative to toilet paper for Clark County residents in recent years.