Wet wipes could face wipe-out in plastic clean-upWet wipes, used for sticky fingers and removing eye make-up, as well as on other parts of the anatomy, could themselves be wiped out over the next couple of decades. Wet wipes are a key component of fatbergs - like this giant one that weighed as much as 10 double decker buses -- Photo: THAMES WATERThe government says its plan to eliminate plastic waste "includes single use products like wet wipes". Wet wipes are behind 93% of blockages in UK sewers, a key element of the infamous giant obstacles known as fatbergs, according to Water UK, the trade body representing all of the main water and sewerage companies in the country. That has prompted the government and industry to focus on persuading consumers not to flush them into the waste water system. Prime Minister Theresa May pledged in January to eradicate all "avoidable plastic waste" by 2042.

Source: VietNamNet News May 08, 2018 06:33 UTC