Wet wipes containing plastic are finally set to be banned across the UK as ministers warn a ‘step change’ is needed to protect the country’s rivers.
The long-awaited announcement comes after a campaign against the products which have been blamed for hundreds of thousands of blockages in the UK sewer system costing millions of pounds a year.
Manufacturers have also come under fire discarded wipes increasingly littering Britain’s beaches.
Under plans to be set out by the environment secretary Steve Barclay it will become illegal to sell or supply wet wipes which contain plastic.
The Costco ones I have are apparently “plant based” and “suitable for a well maintained sewage system”, which is a shame because it almost certainly isn’t.
Still, I’m not paying the best part of £700 a year to put bits of my own poo in the bin.