Filthy 'great wet wipe reefs' turning UK rivers into 'plastic rubbish dumps'

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Filthy 'great wet wipe reefs' turning UK rivers into 'plastic rubbish dumps'
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EXCLUSIVE: The Mirror paid a visit to the banks of the Thames, where five ‘great wet wipe reefs’ are visible at low tide in a 'disgusting state of affairs'

They have clumped together to form a mound on the banks of the Thames, part of a “great wet wipe reef”.I visited the river in Barnes, South West London, at low tide to see the shocking scale of the problem. Debbie Leach, chief of eco charity Thames21, said: “The Thames and its ­tributaries are being turned into plastic rubbish dumps.

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