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

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

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 ...

Are you happy, wet wipe users? Your “dank clusters,” as the New York Times calls them, are threatening to destroy the infrastructure your city depends on. The NYT blows the story wide open ...

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 ...

An estimated 11 billion wet wipes are sold each year in the UK and roughly 2.5 billion are flushed away. Fleur Anderson MP said she wants to make it easier for the consumer to make environmentally ...

Wet wipes cost a pretty penny, so it’s always disappointing when they instantly turn brown and dry out. Luckily, this Munchkin Warm Glow wipe warmer will make that a problem of the past with its ...

“The wet wipes industry has grown from being baby wipes and wipes to clean your hands after eating ribs to a $2.1-billion industry,” she said.

Wet wipes - mostly baby wipes, but also those used to remove make up and clean surfaces - made up the vast majority of the material. Fat, oil and grease only made up 0.5%.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has been monitoring the global wet tissue and wipe market since 2017 and the market is poised to grow by USD 5.75 billion during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR ...