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Water companies are putting public interest first and dealing firmly with issues which threaten trust, Water UK Chief Executive Michael Roberts said today (Thursday 1 March 2018).

Today, World Toilet Day is raising awareness to inspire action to reach the 2.4 billion people living in the world without a toilet. This year, World Toilet Day’s theme is ‘toilets and jobs’ and is looking at how sanitation, or the lack of it, can impact on livelihoods in and out of the workplace.

The Marine Conservation Society is leading a campaign to ensure wet wipes go in the bin, not down the loo.
Toilets are designed for the three Ps only: poo, pee and (toilet) paper.

The UK government has stated that it will consider a ban on plastic microbeads in personal care products such as face scrubs and shower gels. The beads are designed to exfoliate the skin, but as some are less than a millimetre wide, they can be missed by water filters after being rinsed off and travel into the sea.

Proper hydration is essential for our health and wellbeing, so it is vital that there is confidence in the quality of our drinking water.

People will be able to refill water bottles for free in tens of thousands of places in England in future following the announcement of a new national scheme by the water industry today (25th Jan). It’s estimated that the new scheme will cut plastic bottle use by tens of millions each year.