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‘It’s not glamorous’: the volunteers counting flushed wet wipes on the banks of the Thames
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 13 Oct 2026, 10:00 UTC. The headline in use is “‘It’s not glamorous’: the volunteers counting flushed wet wipes on the banks of the Thames”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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A Thames21 charity citizen science project helps track plastic pollution in the capital’s river On a pale-blue Sunday morning on the foreshore of the River Thames, 40 people are searching for what others have tried to lose. Dotted across a 250-metre stretch under Hammersmith Bridge, they are combing through layers…
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‘It’s not glamorous’: the volunteers counting flushed wet wipes on the banks of the Thames
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