UK households have been warned over keeping washing up liquid in their kitchens. UK households have been told to act amid the risk of environmental harm from the countless number of plastic bottles bought at supermarkets.

According to Sustainably Lazy, washing up liquid has an active ingredient called 'surfactants', which are the active ingredient which strips dirt off dishes and keeps it suspended in the water.

The experts warned that "mainstream brands use fossil fuel-derived surfactants, many of which end up in rivers and harm aquatic life." Ethical Superstore said: "Most conventional washing up liquids contain sodium lauryl sulphate or SLS.

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"This acts as a surfactant, meaning it reduces the surface ten

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