The Marine Conservation Society is leading a campaign to ensure wet wipes go in the bin, not down the loo.
Toilets are designed for the three Ps only: poo, pee and (toilet) paper.
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Microbeads face UK ban
The UK government has stated that it will consider a ban on plastic microbeads in personal care products such as face scrubs and shower gels. The beads are designed to exfoliate the skin, but as some are less than a millimetre wide, they can be missed by water filters after being rinsed off and travel into the sea.
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DWMP engagement
During the summer of 2021, the Environment Agency worked in collaboration with Water UK and Ofwat to look at Risk Management Authority contributions towards the production of DWMPs.
Several examples of best practice were identified and these have been brought together in the DWMP engagement case studies summary.
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Extracting resources from sewage
… land in the UK every year The principal function of the waste water processes is to create treated water, meeting strict … treatment of sewage … Extracting resources from sewage … Waste water … Sewers … Extracting resources from sewage …
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Sustainable drainage
Rainwater is a major cause of storm overflow activation and flood risk
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Sewage treatment works
… treatment works are designed to treat and clean sewage and waste water before they are released into the environment. … nappies, sanitary items and cotton buds. To separate human waste from the water it's put into large settlement tanks, …
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Fighting fatbergs
… environment and contribute to pollution in our rivers and water courses. Thousands of properties suffer sewer flooding … Drains and sewers were only ever designed to carry human waste, wastewater and paper from toilets. Some fatburgs that … risk from rainwater Find out more Our 25 year plan for waste water To expand drains and sewers and reduce sewage …