fatbergs
Bus-size fatberg cleared from London 💎sewer
October 30, 2019 | 10:31amCould thiꦿs be the king of the fatbergs? A fatberg weighing 40 tons — or more than 80,000 pounds — has been extricated from the sewers of London. A team...
Nightmarish 'fatbergs' are clogging New York's sewers
April 22, 2019 | 5:18pmHe’s got the dirtieꩵst job in New York — and that says ܫa lot.
De ♏Blasio tells New Yorkers what꧟ they can flush down the toilet
March 12, 2019 | 8:09pmMayor Bill de Blasio has taken the concept of a Nanny State to a whole new level -- instructing New Yorkers about what they 🌸can and cannot flush down their...
'Fatberg' larger than a jumbo jet found under seaside town
January 8, 2019 | 11:39amThese dis꧃gusting pictures show a huge "fatberg" found in a sew🔯er that resembles a glacier and is longer than five buses. The 209-foot long mound of hardened fat, oil and...
Divers swim through 90 feet of raw sewage to unclog giant, hairy 'fatberg'
October 17, 2018 | 1:44pmA team of divers in South Carolina went plunging to the dirtiest depths — up to 90 feet — in raw sewage to unclog pipes blocℱked b🎃y so-called “flushable” wipes,...
You can now watch the 'fatberg' that clogged London's sewers on 24-hour livestream
August 15, 2018 | 5:46amLONDON — London's famous, festering fatberg lives on — and is getting its own livestream. The Museum of London says a chunk of oil, fat, diapers and✅ baby wipes blasted...
The findings from London fatberg's 'autopsy' are horrifying
April 25, 2018 | 11:33amBanned performance-enhancing supplements. Drug-resistant bacteria. Human fat. These are the ꦦdisturbing new finds in an "autopsy" of an enormous, 2,460-foot-long "fatberg" found on the South Bank in Central London. It’s...
London's massive 'fatberg' goes from sewer to museum
February 9, 2018 | 11:07amThe largest fatberg ever found lurking in London’s Whitechapel sewers has been hauled out and put on display in a “fascinatingly grim” world-first exhibition. The 820-f♋oot-long, 286,000-pound mass of congealed...
Repulsive 'fatberg' causes sewage overflow in Baltimore
September 28, 2017 | 3:48pmOfficials in Baltimꦜore announced e𒁃arlier this week that a massive, concealed lump of fats, oils, grease and wet wipes was to blame for an overflow that dumped some 1.2 million...
Massive 'fatberg' is clogging up a London sewer
September 13, 2017 | 11:08amEngineers are battling a 143-ton so-called “fatberg” of diapers, fat and oil that is clogging up a sewer in London. Thames Water, which has started a thre♉e-week “sewer war” against...
Oxford adds 'manspreading,' 'wine o'clock' and 'fatberg' (don't ask) to dictionary
August 27, 2015 | 9:59amLONDON — Manspreading is so widespread it's now a word. The term, coined by commuters, refers to men on public𝓡 transport who splay their legs wide apart and encroach on...
'Flushable' wipes clogging up drains citywide
March 2, 2014 | 3:40amThe🍸re’s no flushing away this problem. A Brooklyn dentist says the moistened wipes he used in the bathroom clogged his pipes — and he’s making a federal case out of...
'Flushable' wipes blamed for sewer clogs
September 23, 2013 | 10:41amInc🤡reasingly popular bathroom wipes — pre-moistened towelettes that are often advertised as flushable — are being blamed for cr꧂eating clogs and backups in sewer systems around the nation. Wastewater authorities...
London's 'fatberg': 15-ton blob of congealed fat and baby wipes cleared from city sewer
August 6, 2013 | 6:53pm🐷 LONDON — It may look like an iceberg, but there's nothing cool about it. Utility company Thames Water says it has discovered what it calls the biggest "fatberg" ever༺ recorded...