Fleur Anderson, a Labor MP, said that when washed down the drain, wet
"There's an island the size of two tennis courts,and I was and stood on it. It has a depth of a meter or more and has actually changed the course of the Thames,” Anderson said during a meeting on environment and food in the House of Commons.
Anderson proposed a ban on the production and sale of wet wipes containing plastic.
According to the environmental charityorganization Thames21, most wet wipes are made from plastic that does not break down when rinsed. In addition, they can break down into microplastics and damage flora and fauna and ecosystems.
Thames21 controls the plastic trash thatnailed to the coastline along the river. The organization found that in just under five years, one mound of rubbish had grown 1.4 meters in height to cover an area of about two tennis courts.
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