From Sputnik:
A huge fatberg,
almost twice the weight of a space shuttle, has finally been dislodged
from a London sewer; Thames Water is taking the opportunity to warn
Londoners against tipping grease down the sink and objects such as
underwear down the toilet.
A huge "fatberg" which blocked a London sewer for months was finally uprooted on Friday after a nine-week effort by engineers.
The 130-ton mass of congealed fat, oil, wet wipes and other sanitary
products had been lodged in a meter-high sewer, four meters below the
Whitechapel Road in east London. In the end, workers were forced to use
shovels to remove the offensive mountain of waste.
"The good news is it has helped Thames Water and other water companies
around the world get the message across that cooking fat, oils and
grease should never go down the plughole. As you have seen, when
combined with wet wipes, sanitary products, underwear, nappies, and
anything else that shouldn't be flushed, we're faced with having
to clear out these giant, rock-hard fatbergs," Thames Water waste
network manager, Alex Saunders, said....MORE, including nasty pics
