Increasing pressures of a growing population and changing toilet and kitchen habits are taking their toll on our sewer system. Currently it is estimated that drain clearance costs the UK £80 million a year.

Now a supersized fatberg, estimated to be a record breaking 750 meters long, is being removed from under Central London and scientists are getting stuck in to reveal just what is clogging up our drains.

Download this infographic to learn:

• What makes a fatberg
• The surprising results of chemical and drug analyses
• Why it’s a bacterial problem in the making