Single-use items make up 85% of plastic waste collected at biggest ever Thames ‘Plasticblitz’
Single-use plastic items such as wet wipes, sweet wrappers and plastic bottle tops were the most commonly littered items found in a recent clean-up of…
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Volunteers pick up 64,000 wet wipes out of the Thames over five-year period
Around 64,000 wet wipes have been counted and removed from several small sections of the Thames foreshore by volunteers over a period of five years,…
Action for Silk Stream: North London project plans to ramp up nature-based solutions to tackle flood risk
A North London flood resilience project has unveiled a new identity and announced plans to use nature-based solutions to tackle flood risk around the Silk…
Call for Thames Water to make swift upgrades to Cassington sewage works after Wolvercote site fails bacteria test
Oxford-based Wolvercote Mill Stream – the only official swimming spot on the Thames – has failed bacteria safety tests and Thames Water should urgently make…
World leaders must prioritise focus on rivers at COP27
World leaders must make the impacts of the Climate Emergency on water and rivers central to the COP27 agenda, environmental charity Thames21 urged. Droughts in…
Tackling litter down Fulham way
On the 17 September, 40 volunteers gathered at Bishops Park, Fulham, to take part in a litter survey. Our hardworking and determined group of volunteers,…
Call for government to make swift decision on ban on plastic in wet wipes
The government needs to make an immediate decision on banning plastic in wet wipes in order to help tackle this sewage-based pollution ending up in…
Thames21 launches new Five Year Plan with call for increased collaborative action to get rivers ‘climate-ready’ by boosting nature-based solutions
Thames21 has announced plans to ramp up its efforts to work with communities and river stakeholders to help develop nature-based solutions in order for the…
Volunteers to take part in biggest ever Thames ‘Plasticblitz’
Volunteers will take part in the biggest ever community group plastic clean-up of the River Thames and its tributaries over the space of a month…
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
On behalf of the Board and Staff of Thames21: It is with great sadness to hear that Her Majesty the Queen has passed away. We…