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Study on wipes in sewer blockage published in December 2017

MPs have called for a worldwide ban on plastic microbeads in cosmetic products following a report by the Environmental Audit Committee highlighting the damaging impact they can have on the marine environment.

Water companies have practical concerns about the suitability of disposing of many of these so-called 'flushable products' into public and private drainage and sewerage networks rather than as municipal solid waste.

So that water companies can benchmark themselves against each other, they collate and share historic information about their operations, investment and performance.

Water UK has responded to the publication of the Government's Environment Plan.