Join the Eel Force on Ravensbourne and Brent river catchments
Press Release: June 21 Volunteers are being invited by Thames21 to train to become members of a citizen science Eel Force on the Ravensbourne and…
Citizen Science
Lockdown River Resources
We know how much you love your rivers, and how much you’re missing them during lockdown. We’ve been regularly sharing inspiring river-related resources on Facebook, Twitter…
More than 27 000 single-use plastic bottles removed from the Thames in past 12 months
Environmental groups call for action following Thames21’s Big Bottle Count Date of release: 28 October 2019 London’s largest mass census of river plastic, the annual…
Thames21 wins prestigious award for its plastic monitoring programme
Thames21’s plastic monitoring citizen science project won a prestigious City award last night, less than a week after it released new data revealing the summer…
Thames River Watch recognised in Evening Standard awards
Thames21’s Thames River Watch project was recognised in the Evening Standard Business Awards last night. Tideway, the company building London’s super sewer, won the Corporate…
Londoners urged to take back their rivers during London Rivers Week 2018
‘Massively increased opportunities’ for Londoners to explore and protect their rivers through collecting key data and joining clean up events Saturday 23 JUNE – Sunday…
Londoners rally to measure plastic’s hidden impact on the Thames
Thousands of wet wipes flushed down toilets are shedding plastic into the river and changing the shape of the riverbed Date of release: Monday…
Thames21 finds a record 1,300 bottles on one site in one day, in Thamesmead
Communications Manager Ian Lamont reports on a discovery of a huge number of single us plastic bottles in Thamesmead and explains how it fits into…
Outfall safaris are tackling river pollution – and you can help as a citizen scientist!
Joe Pecorelli, the Zoological Society of London’s Europe Conservation Project Manager, tells us about work running across the capital to prioritise and map sources of…
4,500 wet wipes found in one patch of Thames foreshore
Shock findings reveal that the Thames has the highest concentration of wet wipes ever recorded in Britain – with 277 found in just one square metre. Over 4,500…