Ten locations across the city are earmarked for cash with more than £2bn pledged for the plan.

A 10-year plan to clean up some of London’s rivers and waterways has been announced by Sir Sadiq Khan, who says they have suffered from “decades of neglect and pollution”.

A total of £1.8bn has been pledged by water companies, boroughs and charities, with London’s mayor adding £2.7m across three years, on top of £13.6m already promised.

The city’s main waterway, the River Thames, has been polluted by at least 72 billion litres of sewage discharges since 2020, BBC News revealed in 2023, although that figure was likely to be much higher.

  • Pyr@lemmy.caEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Hopefully that involves improving other programs like trash pickup and educational programs to change people’s additude and views towards litter and pollution.

    There’s a guy on Instagram that goes around picking up trash in the streets of London(?) and some of the comments he receives from the general public is very disheartening. Lots of friendly people buying him drinks and food and thanking him for doing it but equally just as many saying things like don’t bother, it will be trash again in a week, not worth the effort, etc.