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Update on the UK heatwave.

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.

Update: the Fine to Flush ‘wet wipe’ certification will come to an end in March 2024. 

Water 2050 sets out water companies’ ambition for the future of the sector in England

The Water UK Innovation Hub in June – Resilience: Environment, Investment and Customers – brought together water companies and key stakeholders to share ideas and experiences to inform new approaches to tackling resilience.

Water companies have backed a new strategy to bring in 221,000 new recruits by 2027 in the utilities sector to help ensure customers will continue to get the essential service they need in the future.