“Thames21 welcomes the government’s long-awaited announcement on a timeline for the already-agreed ban on the sale and supply of wet wipes that contain plastic by 2027. Defra must now take action and produce a clear timetable on the delivery…
This year marks the 21st anniversary of Thames21 — two decades and one year of working with our volunteers, local communities, partners and funders to…
Here, Thames21’s Lucy Hutchison highlights the results of Thames21’s collaborative SYMBIOREM Gallions Lake project. Introduction to the project In February 2024, Thames21, along local volunteers,…
Environmental charity Thames21 has secured funding of more than £1.4 million from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to launch a collaborative project called ‘The Roding…
Thames21 welcomes this report, which has 12 recommendations for creating clean and healthy rivers in London. These proposals strongly reflect our long-standing calls for action on…
Port of London Authority, in collaboration with Thames Water and environmental charity Thames21, has completed a three-week project and removed about 5 million wet wipes…
🎉 Thames21’s giveaway 🎉 🍂Big coat season is heading our way and our friends at Finisterre have offered Thames21’s followers and volunteers the opportunity to…
Work has started on the mass excavation of London’s Wet Wipe Island in a first-of-its-kind river clean-up project to further improve the quality of the…
Volunteers have spent 133 hours clearing litter and collecting data from rivers in England and Scotland during Plasticblitz 2025, which is an initiative led by…
Plastic containing wet wipes should not be sold online at pharmacies to help protect the River Thames, rivers across the UK, and the world’s oceans,…
