Finally about five million wet wet has been removed Notorious ‘VAT Wipe Island’ On the River Temes.
The three -week project was from the country First mass weight wipe removal project of its kindWhich scooped everything with towels, scarves, trousers, a car’s engine timing belt and even false teeth.
port of London In right, in cooperation Temes Water And Tems 21, about 114 tonnes of waste was removed, which was in the 250 meter island on the front of the river near Hammersmith Bridge.
Wet wipes and other non-biodigradeble items Are harmful for Environment Because they can pollute rivers, damage wildlife and leave a ugly mess.
To remove harmful waste, the workers used a efficient “rake and shake” method. This included excavation of two eight-ton through the island, which used to separate wet wipes and waste from the natural sediment to reduce the environmental impact and was from the banks of the river.
Overall, about 200 cubic meters wet wet Plastic 15 was taken to Skip and dealing with responsibility.
The island, which was about the size of two tennis courts and 1 meter high in places Changed river curriculum And potentially damaged aquatic wildlife and ecology in the area.
Grace Ronsley, director of stability at the Port of London Authority, said that “while the work was very gross, it was well worth helping to clean the river”.
He said, “The response to local communities – and beyond the people across the country – has been really encouraging, but it is also a bit incredible that the first place of this work was needed,” he said.
John Sulivan of Tems Water explained: “This ‘island’ was the direct result of people who remove plastic wet wipes and reflect the damage caused by putting wrong things under your toilet.
“Removing a wet wipe and other non-biodigradeble items does not make them magically disappear. The obstruction caused by wipes is a major cause of pollution, and we remove the estimated 3.8 billion wipes from our network each year.”
He welcomed the government’s proposed ban on plastic wet wet, and is expected to prevent a wet wet barren land from rebuilding.
Organizations such as Tems 21 are also asking producers to “get serious about the option of weight wipes” and also to increase their investment in plastic screening for water companies.
Every year, Tems Water cleans 3.8 billion wipes from its network, stating that it costs £ 18 million per year.
Tems Water recently made another announcement £ 1.8 billion Investment to improve river health across London, and its £ 4.6 billion last year is connected to 4.6 billion. Temes Tideway Tunnel To support the sewage discharge by reduced by 95 percent in tidal temperature.