wet wipes

Plastic wet wipe legislation to be delivered before summer recess, Defra confirms

Policy

Plastic wet wipe legislation to be delivered before summer recess, Defra confirms

Response to consultation on plan to ban wet wipes containing plastic confirms new legislation is on the way

clock 21 April 2024 • 2 min read
Boots joins push to end sale of plastic-based wet wipes

Recycling

Boots joins push to end sale of plastic-based wet wipes

The retailer sold 800 million wet wipes last year, but plans to end the sale of such products containing plastic by the end of 2022

clock 19 April 2022 • 3 min read
Clean sweep: Tesco to ban sale of wet wipes containing plastic

Waste

Clean sweep: Tesco to ban sale of wet wipes containing plastic

No wet wipes, pet wipes, cleaning wipes or tissues sold in Tesco stores will contain plastic by the end of 2022, the firm has said

clock 01 March 2022 • 2 min read

Waste

Plastic-free parenting: Pura co-founder Guy Fennell on launching a sustainable baby care brand in lockdown

Guy Fennell, cofounder of environmentally friendly baby wipe company Pura, talks to BusinessGreen about his plans to disrupt the wasteful baby care industry with kerbside nappy recycling and plastic-free baby wipes

clock 11 August 2020 • 7 min read

Supplier

Tiniest Footprint: Huggies to eliminate plastic from wet wipes

Brand aims to remove 50 tonnes of plastic by the end of 2019

clock 25 October 2019 • 1 min read

Marketing

'Misleading': Advertising watchdog bans Andrex wet wipe advert

Advertising Standards Authority judges Andrex's claim its wipes are flushable - despite not winning accreditation under Water UK's standard - are 'misleading'

clock 15 October 2019 • 2 min read

Management

'Frankenstein foreshore': Wet wipes are reshaping Thames riverbank, study reveals

The 'Thames Great Wet Wipe Reef' is now 50 metres wide, 17 metres long and more than a metre high

clock 01 April 2019 • 2 min read

Policy

Fatberg fightback: Water industry unveils wet wipe 'flushability' standard

The 'Fine to Flush' standard will allow wet wipe manufacturers which pass new tests to put official safety logos on their packaging

clock 11 January 2019 • 2 min read