Volunteers pick 27,000 wet wipes out of the Thames at Battersea
Date of release: September 24 Environmental charity Thames21 has found 27,400 wet wipes on just one site of the river Thames this week. Just under…
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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…
Plastic bag charge and beach litter: Thames21 open letter
Here is Thames21’s open letter in response to last week’s story about the reported reduction in plastic bag litter following the plastic bag charge. Thames21…
2,500 bottles stranded on the shore
By AJ McConville, Thames River Watch Programme Coordinator 2,500 plastic drinking bottles. That’s the number of single-use plastic drinks bottles collected from the Thames foreshore…
Thames River Watch 2015
This year the Thames River Watch project has been continuing to gather data all along the tidal Thames – to give us a clearer picture…
Study: Antibiotic resistant bacteria in the Thames
Middlesex University and Thames21 are calling for volunteers willing to collect a sample of water from the Thames. The research is looking at the…
How to solve a problem like waterway litter?
It’s the question we all want to answer; after 20 or more years of taking litter out our waterways, is there a way to finally…
EXPLORER CHALLENGES LONDON: ‘DO THE RIGHT THING’ AND LOOK AFTER THE THAMES
30 September 2015 EXPLORER CHALLENGES LONDON: ‘DO THE RIGHT THING’ AND LOOK AFTER THE THAMES International explorer Paul Rose and campaign partners have joined environment…
Volunteers respond to overflows
After a soaking wet few days on the last weekend of July came another reminder of the need of upgrade London’s sewage system. With over…
A pioneering scheme set up to monitor the health of the tidal Thames will celebrate its first anniversary with a series of exciting foreshore activities.
Thames River Watch encourages members of the public to help collect information about the River – by measuring water quality, quantity and types of litter,…