New coalition launched to boost community action on plastic pollution
Environmental charity Thames21 has launched a unique initiative called Plastics Action which will help to upscale the development of grassroots community groups to take action…
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Canvey Island flood anniversary: Interview with photographer Jack Delmonte
A free exhibition and film screening, ‘Below the Wrack Line’, will open on Saturday 28th January at Canvey Island’s War Memorial Hall from 18.30pm to…
Thames21’s response to Thames Water’s interactive storm discharge map
Thames Water recently published an interactive map that shows real-time raw sewage discharges. Thames21 Head of Improving Rivers John Bryden said: “We welcome the…
Below the Wrack Line: Marking 70 years since the Canvey Island floods
A free exhibition and film screening, ‘Below the Wrack Line’, will open on Saturday 28th January at Canvey Island’s War Memorial Hall from 18.30 to…
Thames21’s response to government’s single-use plastic consultation results
PRESS STATEMENT Date of release: 16 January 2023 Thames21’s response to government’s single-use plastic consultation results for England Debbie Leach, CEO at Thames21, said: “We…
The Celia Hensman River Leader of the Year Award
We’re looking for Thames21’s River Leader of the Year! Can you help? Volunteers are at the heart of Thames21’s work, and we want to…
Farewell Spotlight: Michael Heath
Connecting our communities to the Thames is something that I value. I also valued looking after the staff as a personnel manager. It was great…
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…
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…