We’ve written this blog to explain why avoidable #sewerblockages happen, what causes #fatbergs, and how they impact #sewersystems in the #NorthWest 🌊

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You Won't Believe How Much It's Going to Cost to Fix Sydney's Disgusting Fatberg Problem The smell of Sydney’s fatbergs was enough to send experts retreating. One chemist described it as worse than anything he’d ever encountered.

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People think pouring fats and grease into sinks and toilets is safe? We are doomed.
#fatbergs

🎄#FloodFactFriday💧

‼️More than 3,000 homes are flooded in the UK every year because of sewer blockages caused by #fatbergs.

Over the festive period, remember to correctly dispose of fats, oils & grease in your bin & don't pour these down the sink.
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Plastic wet wipes to be banned from spring 2027 in England England is bringing in a ban on plastic wet wipes from 2027. This will mean they then have the same rules as the rest of the UK.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England is set to ban plastic #WetWipes after public support 📢. Scientists say even “ #biodegradable” versions can take months or years to break down and shed microfibres 🌿🧪, while water companies warn that flushing any kind of wipe leads to #fatbergs, pollution, and massive cleanup costs 💸🚽🌊.

TERMINAL OVERKILL - hits 150!

Thank you dear readers! I think my second novel for BL - and one that taught me a lot. And brought scrape to the underhive.

#Necromunda #warhammercommunity #scrape #fatbergs

Fatbergs meet their match in new kitchen wastewater system Fatberg. Credit: Seeing Sanitation (CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en) Australian researchers have designed a way to prevent up to 98% of fats, oil and grease (FOG) from being...

Fatbergs meet their match in new kitchen wastewater system #Science #TechnologyandEngineering #Fatbergs #Wastewater #EnvironmentalEngineering

From #fatbergs to pine accords? Scientists are turning sewage clogs into #scent molecules. #Sustainability takes strange turns. Would you wear it? #PerfumeInnovation

#Fatbergs are made up of material that cannot dissolve in water–such as oil/grease/wet wipes flushed down sinks & toilets, which should never have been flushed into the system–which then pile up & stick together. A 30ton fatberg was removed from a wastewater facility in #MunsterAustralia.

What is it with WA + Fatbergs? Do we need sewerage education as a nation to stop the blockages?
Thoughts stukhan.bsky.social? 2nd time this year...⬇️
#Australia #Ausmedia #fatbergs

DOWN TO EARTH: Tackling fatbergs in Williams Lake A big thanks to the City of Williams lake staff for these tours and all they do to make sure we all have safe water and take care of our sewage.

#FatBergs #CaribooRD #BCLocalGov #LocalGov #bcmuni #cdnmuni

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I wonder how many times plumbers have gotten called out to Mar-a-Lago #fatbergs

Fatbergs turned into perfume: Britain's new industrial revolution The UK led the way in this field of science until recently - but now other countries have overtaken. So, how can that lead be recovered?

Fatbergs turned into perfume: Britain's new industrial revolution

#Scotland #Edinburgh #BizarreNewIndustry #Fatbergs #Perfume #BBC

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PSA: please look after your plumbing this Christmas. #fatbergs

In a system flush with wet wipes, fatbergs are costing Victorian ratepayers millions of dollars a year Blockages caused by 'fatbergs' — an accumulation of non-flushable items — are wreaking havoc on sewers across Victoria, costing ratepayers millions of dollars each year.

In a #sewerage system flush with wet wipes, #fatbergs are costing Victorian ratepayers millions of dollars a year

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50 tonnes of hardened grease removed from sewers in Richmond, B.C. Crews removed approximately 50 tonnes of 'fatbergs' from the sewer system in Richmond, B.C., earlier this month, according to Metro Vancouver.

#Fatbergs

50 tonnes of hardened grease removed from sewers in Richmond, B.C.
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