Scientists calculate how many wet wipes enter UK waters

Scientists calculate how many wet wipes enter UK waters

As much as 100kg of wet wipes enter the lower reaches of the Taff River annually, finds a new mathematical model.

Welsh scientists calculate how many wet wipes enter UK waters per person

Wet wipes – Image: Canva Scientists at Cardiff University have created a model to calculate wet wipe emissions to rivers, estimating the annual amounts of natural, regenerated, and plastic fibres per person. Up to 100kg of wet wipes enter the lower reaches of the Taff river annually, according to their research. By integrating available data on flushed wet wipe disposal and their microfibre generation behaviour with emission-based mathematical m…