Picture shows the island of sediment, wet wipes and other trash that has formed in the Guadalquivir river in Cordoba, Spain, undated. The environmental damage is caused by flushing the wipes down the toilet and has left birds that have spent weeks with the wipes hooked in their beaks. Note: Photo is a screenshot from a video. (Newsflash)
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20 January 2023
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This is the horrifying ecological cost of the careless disposal of baby wipes and other trash flushed down the loo. An entire island made up of sediment, wet wipes and non-biodegradable rubbish has formed its own island in a once pristine waterway in Spain. Images show the grim island in...