Britain used to have the most polluted beaches in the EU, because UK sewage is led via channels directly into the sea.

Fortunately, UK politicians have now solved the problem… by leaving the EU, so the country does now show up in environmental statistics.

But the problem is now even worse in the UK.

https://edition.cnn.com/england-uk-sewage-poop-beach/index.html

@randahl England used to have ships regularly taking sewage sludge down rivers, into the sea to dump it and that was terrible

- Now we dont need the ships, gravity does the same job - such an efficient , market-based, solution - a triumph of privatisation