If volunteers do not clean up the foreshore at the Isle of Dogs, litter gets carried out to sea on the tide
- Credit: Thames21
A campaign to clean up the Thames and rivers up and down the country is being launched to prevent litter ending up in the world’s oceans.
Organisers from the Thames21 and Hubbub environment charities are battling to reduce litter - especially plastics - polluting rivers and eventually being carried out to sea.
Hauling garbage from Isle of Dogs foreshore... even this supermarket trolley
- Credit: Thames21
The campaign, which launched in Docklands today (May 14), calls for businesses, community groups and the public to get involved along the Thames and River Lea.