Volunteers count record 4,350 single-use plastic bottles in a day
By Ian Lamont, Communications Manager A group of Thames21 volunteers has reset the record for the number of single-use plastic bottles found in one day…
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Defra gives Thames21 Natural Flood Management projects £200,000 boost
Thames21 and partners have received £200,000 for four new Natural Flood Management projects in North London, from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural…
Thames21 celebrates its volunteers at annual reception
“Corporate volunteering is about community action not just sponsorship” a key Thames21 partner told the charity’s annual reception on Thursday evening. Clyde Muir, Vice President,…
Firs Farm transformation wins national Canal and River Trust award
The transformation of Firs Farm Wetlands, an urban park in the Pymmes Brook Catchment, was announced as a winner at the Canal & River Trust’s…
Great River Rescue launched on Isle of Dogs – now register your event for October!
Volunteers cleared litter from Millwall Draw Dock on the Isle of Dogs on World Rivers Day on Sunday to launch the Great River Rescue campaign….
More than 4,000 plastic bottles removed from River Thames in one afternoon
More than 4,000 plastic bottles were removed from the River Thames last Saturday as part of Thames21’s annual Big Bottle Count. Approximately 200 Londoners…
Volunteers help Thames21 plant 1,000 metres of new reedbeds in the Lea Navigation
Date of release: 04 September 2017 Thames21 has reached a landmark of planting 1,000 metres of reedbeds into the Lea Navigation, after a recent vote…
Londoners set to remove record-breaking number of plastic bottles from Thames
Thames21 and #OneLess alliance recruit citizen scientists for biggest-ever investigation of plastic bottles’ impact on the Thames Date of release: August 30 2017: …
The Great River Rescue is coming – and you’re invited!
Register to clean up your local river in October’s country-wide clean-up of our rivers Date of release: August 30, 2017 The public is invited…
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall backs new Thames21 campaign to investigate problem of single-use plastic glasses on Thames foreshore
Date of release: August 14 2017 A campaign to encourage pubs along the Thames to use more washable plastic glasses rather than single-use plastic glasses has…