‘Wet wipe island’ on famous UK river finally cleared of 5 million wipes | UK | News
Finally, about five million wet wipes were removed from the Thames River in a region of the famous England River, ‘Wet Wipe Island’. Diggers attracted 114 tons of waste from river banks as a major project to reach completion.
Equivalent garbage was removed from the coastal coast near the Hammersmith Bridge in Western London. The three -week project was the country’s first mass wet deletion project of the country’s towel, scarf, trousers, motor timing strap and even a number of fake teeth. Two eight tons of excavators used a “scratching and shaking” method to remove wet wipes from the natural sediment and river bed.
It is thought that the island, which is the size of two tennis courts and depths up to one meter in places, has changed the course of the river and damages the nearby aquatic wildlife and ecology.
Environmental Group Thames21 and volunteers have campaign to remove for years and watch their savings wet handkerchiefAnd to investigate how plastic contains can break the environment.
The London Port authority led the three -week project that started on August 11 in collaboration with Thames21 and Thames Water.
On Thursday, they announced that 114 tons of garbage were cleaned from the river and that they were thrown into the storage area, including about 200 cubic meters of wet wipes, including plastic.
Grace Rawnsley, Director of Sustainability of London Port authority, said: önce After months of planning and hard work, we are very pleased to finally clean this tension of Thames.
“The reaction of local communities – and the country and the people beyond – was also a bit incredible that this work was needed in the first place.
“As a business that re -invests all the money we have returned to the river and communities, we are proud to take this first project forward, and from time to time it is quite disgusting, it is worth it to help clean the river.”
The government issued a ban on draft legislation earlier this year wet handkerchief containing plastic.
