The UK's obsession with wet wipes is completely changing rivers around the country. A London environmental group found a 1,000-fold increase in the number of wet wipes showing up in waterways, with over 5,000 of them covering the bed of the Thames in just 116 square meters (about 1250 square feet). “The Thames riverbed is changing. Wet wipes are accumulating on the riverbed and affecting the shape of the riverbed. It looks natural but when you get close you can see that these clumps are composed...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/wet-wipe-pollution-is-clogging-up-riverbeds-across-the-uk
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