Food wrappers make up ‘almost a quarter of lightweight plastic in Thames’

Skyscrapers and office buildings pictured from across the River Thames

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Food wrappers make up almost a quarter of lightweight plastic found in the Thames, research reveals.

Data from the Zoological Society reveals that food wrappers comprise 20 per cent of the litter found scattering the foreshores of the 215-mile river.