Plastic pollution impact of UK’s summer heatwave: Thames bears the brunt
PRESS RELEASE Thames21 and #OneLess plastic litter research suggests Londoners switched from fizzy drinks to still water as a result of the extremely hot weather,…
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Thames21 welcomes Deposit Return System as it ‘will significantly help rivers’
Thames21 is delighted that Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for the Environment, has announced today that the Government plans to implement a deposit return…
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…
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…
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…