Fatberg

• Massive ‘fatberg’ the size of ‘6 double-decker buses’ clogging sewer in U.K. town

  A giant “fatberg,” a massive glob of hardened grease, oil and wet-wipes that’s more than “six double-decker buses” in size is clogging a sewer in the British town of Sidmouth.

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  Jan 8, 2019
  
• Grease and thank you: Thanksgiving chefs urged to send kitchen grease to the green bin

  Grease put down kitchen drains hardens into "fatbergs" which cost the region about $2 million to clean up each year.

  Oct 7, 2017
  
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• This ‘fatberg’ is clogging London’s sewer system, British officials say

  Officials said it is likely to take three weeks to dissolve the outsize fatberg.

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  Sep 12, 2017
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• Utility workers pull 750-kg ‘fatberg’ from Australian sewer

  Utility workers in Australia pulled a “fatberg” – a massive wad of wet wipes, sewage, fat and oil – weighing over one tonne from a sewer system in Newcastle last Wednesday.

  Environment

  Feb 26, 2016
• ‘Fatbergs’ pose pipe problems for Halifax Water crews

  Last week a downtown Halifax manhole cover was lifted skyward by a dense lump of floating fat, oil and grease. It was a fatberg.

  Nov 19, 2014