A huge 'Wet Wipe Island' in the River Thames is set to be removed after 180-ton of the bathroom items have piled up underwater.
The 'island', which is the size of two tennis courts and weighs the same as two double decker buses, is said to have harmed the wildlife and ecology of the river.
The island sits along a 820ft stretch of the Thames near Hammersmith Bridge.
An operation to remove the 180tons of congealed wet wipes that formed the island is expected to take up to a month to complete.
The removal is will be led and co-ordinated by the Port of London Authority in collaboration with Thames Water.
