UK scientists uncover hidden river of rubbish flowing through London

Thousands of pieces of plastic have been discovered, submerged along the river bed of the upper Thames Estuary by scientists at Royal Holloway, University of London. The sheer amount of plastic recovered shows there is an unseen stream of rubbish flowing through London which could be a serious threat to aquatic wildlife.
Using nets the scientists documented rubbish collected during a three-month trial. The waste collected for the study is only a small snapshot of the volume of litter which may exist at the bottom of the Thames. An article about the research is published in in Marine Pollution Bulletin (News Article Royal Holloway, University of London, 2 January 2014).
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