Natural fibres that are increasingly being used in wet wipes may actually do more harm to the environment than the synthetic ones they are designed to replace. Viscose and lyocell, which are made from ...

Grant Mitchell from Severn Trent Water says every day 10 tonnes of wet wipes is removed from sewage at Minworth Wastewater Treatment works Long the scourge of water companies for blocking pipes, a ban ...

The government has signed into law today a ban on the sale of wet wipes that contain plastic, marking a major step forward in tackling plastic pollution that clogs up sewers and devastates our ...