Tesco to stop selling baby wipes that contain plastic in first for UK supermarkets

Wet wipes are a significant component of fatbergs, like this one in a sewer in the town of Sidmouth, England. Photograph: South West Water/AP

Tesco is to become the first of the main UK retailers to stop selling baby wipes containing plastic, which cause environmental damage as they block sewers and waterways after being flushed by consumers.

The supermarket said it was stopping sales of branded baby wipes containing plastic from 14 March, about two years after it ceased using plastic in its own-brand products.