It turns out that the “fatbergs” clogging up our city sewers actually consist of just 0.5% fat and 93% wet wipes.
The majority of wet wipes sold in the UK contain plastic and are not biodegradable.
A new campaign is warning against flushing wet wipes down the toilet.
Last year the UK used 10.8bn wet wipes, almost a third of which were flushed down toilets.
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