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Totally Thames: River Litter Detectives – Sands End

Book your place here! Come along and join Thames21 as a river citizen scientist on the River Thames. We will collect the litter we find…

Sands End River Clean Up & Litter Detectives

Come along and join Thames21 as a river citizen scientist on the River Thames. We will be collecting the litter we find and categorising it…

Environment charities and industry join forces for Plastic Free Mersey

Thames21 and Mersey Rivers Trust announce collaboration to tackle litter on River Mersey catchment with Plastic Free Mersey launch on July 22

Published 15th July 20217th September 2021 Published in Media Releases, Thames 21

Hollywood star Zac Efron joins forces with Thames21 to highlight London’s plastic waste crisis

American actor and singer Zac Efron highlights the huge issue of London’s plastic waste problem as part of a new series on Netflix airing in…

Published 8th July 20206th February 2023 Published in Latest news

Coronavirus Plastic Pollution: what we can do about it

By Jo Pike – Communications Volunteer at Thames21 Jo Pike is our newest Thames21 volunteer, supporting the ever-busy comms department. She works part-time in a…

Published 30th June 202015th July 2020 Published in Blog

Precious Thames saltmarsh bearing brunt of capital’s plastic tide, latest pollution data finds

Thames21 calls for tougher action on five key plastic items to tackle two-thirds of entire Thames plastic pollution An analysis of citizen science surveys conducted…

Published 30th June 20202nd July 2020 Published in Media Releases

River Clean-Ups: much more than picking up litter

As the destructive environmental effects of littering and plastic pollution become clear, people are increasingly taking constructive action. More than 17,000 clean-ups took place over…

Published 13th May 20195th June 2019 Published in Blog, Education

Thames21 supports Government’s National Litter Strategy for England

Date of release: April 10, 2017 In response to the Government’s new Litter Strategy for England, published today, Debbie Leach, chief executive of Thames21, said:…

Published 10th April 20172nd October 2017 Published in Media Releases

Seven Unexpected Things You Might Find in the Thames

Thames21 reconnects communities back to healthy rivers. River clean-ups are at the heart of what we do, alongside education, advocacy, research and river enhancement. We help remove…

Published 16th September 201610th January 2022 Published in Blog
Poll shows public is behind bag charge as usage drops dramatically in England

Poll shows public is behind bag charge as usage drops dramatically in England

30 July 2016: Increased popular demand for raised funds to go to anti-litter initiatives The huge fall in the use of carrier bags in England has…

Published 1st August 2016 Published in Latest news

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