Wet wipe craftivist group

Most wet wipes are made using polyester. 1 in 3 wipes get flushed down the toilet. 93% of fatbergs are made from them and they take about 200 years to biodegrade. Polyester is a plastic and we all know the problem with plastics! Kath’s work raises awareness that wipes are a single use plastic. This is a gentle form of activism; non-judgemental with soft nudges towards us all making better buying decisions for the environment.

Wet wipe craftivist group

Most Friday’s 9.30-11.30, SE22 London (on hold for the moment)

Aneto Cafe, 60 East Dulwich Road (http://www.anetocafe.com/)

Weekly group meeting to stitch messages onto wipes. These are pre-consumer wipes, off-cuts which would have been thrown away. Instead we’re stitching statistics which will be sent to politicians to help persuade them to ban wipes as a single use plastic.

Gentle, community based activism with a heart for the environment.

Meeting with Helen Hayes MP, giving her an embroidered wet-wipe asking for a ban on wet-wipes.

There and Back Again Conference, Center for Circular Design, University of Arts London, April 2019.

Discussing the devastating environmental impact of wet-wipes. Kath is wearing a top made up of baby wipes!