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Wet wipes containing toxic plastic could be banned under Government plans to clean up rivers and seas

por Theo Mallard (25-05-2023)


Wet wipes containing toxic plastic could be banned under Government plans to clean up rivers and seas.

Stricter labelling could also be brought in to urge consumers not to flush the single-use items down the toilet - even if they do not contain plastic.

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Ministers are expected to announce the crackdown in the coming days, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Plastic-free wet wipes would be unaffected by any ban, and many manufacturers have already started to switch to more sustainable alternatives.

However, the most recent figures show 90 per cent of the 11 billion wet wipes used in the UK each year contain plastic, says the Marine Conservation Society (MCS).

96% of survey respondents said they would support a ban on wet wipes containing plastic

When flushed, all wet wipes help to create fatbergs - a mass national building code of the philippines author wipes, paper, cooking fat and sewage that clogs up sewers, pollutes rivers and harms wildlife.

Despite some being labelled as 'fine to flush', there are also concerns about how long wet wipes take to break down.