Glasgow’s growing network of water refill taps has now saved the equivalent of more than one million single-use plastic bottles, since Scottish Water installed the city’s first Top Up Tap in 2018.

The UK Government, Welsh Government, Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive have all taken the decision to proceed with legislation to ban the supply and sale of wet wipes containing plastic across the UK.

Environmental charity Thames21 is calling for the government to make an immediate decision on banning plastic in wet wipes in order to help tackle this sewage-based pollution ending up in the River Thames.

Thames Water and the Mayor of London are calling on Londoners to cut single-use plastics and use public drinking water fountains - the water company, in partnership with the Mayor of London, has installed 100 fountains across the capital.

Yorkshire Water has called for a ban on plastics in wet wipes and all single-use sanitary items, as well as an end to ‘Fine to Flush’ labelling and the introduction of mandatory ‘Do Not Flush’ warnings on single use sanitary items packaging.

Paralympian David Weir is calling on people to join the fight against plastic pollution by making the most of the newly reopened network of Thames Water drinking fountains across London.

Affinity Water, the UK’s largest water only company operating across southeast England, has partnered with SeaBin to take action on reducing plastic pollution in the region’s rivers and globally rare chalk streams.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is today calling for a further assessment of microplastics in the environment and their potential impacts on human health, following the release of an analysis of current research related to microplastics in drinking-water.

The government has confirmed a ban on plastic straws, drinks stirrers and plastic stemmed cotton buds in England, following overwhelming public support for the move.

A new report from the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee published today is calling for Government action to “stop using seas as a sewer” and warning that the Government’s ‘out of sight, out of mind’ treatment of the oceans is putting marine resources at great risk.