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25 Tons of Pigeon Poo Found in Medieval Monument (Original Post) Panich52 Mar 2015 OP
ironically, Takket Mar 2015 #1
Platform? 2naSalit Mar 2015 #3
I had to look up "fatbergs" Generic Other Mar 2015 #2
Yeah, that's a nice encyclopedia entry, innit. Warren DeMontague Mar 2015 #7
I need that company to clean after my dad's parrot. LeftyMom Mar 2015 #4
125 courics! Renew Deal Mar 2015 #5
No pain without gain, however... ND-Dem Mar 2015 #6
They discovered Freepville's backup server. lpbk2713 Mar 2015 #8
What do they intend to do to keep it from happening again? jmowreader Mar 2015 #9
Okay Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #10

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
2. I had to look up "fatbergs"
Sat Mar 7, 2015, 12:26 AM
Mar 2015

“Whilst we’ve removed other massive blockages such giant fatbergs in sewers, we have never seen such a monumental mass of festering feces before..."

And then I googled. UGH.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/06/fatberg-london-sewer-grease-blockage

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
7. Yeah, that's a nice encyclopedia entry, innit.
Sat Mar 7, 2015, 02:46 AM
Mar 2015

I discovered that word from the same story. "Ewwwww" doesn't even start to cover it.

 

ND-Dem

(4,571 posts)
6. No pain without gain, however...
Sat Mar 7, 2015, 02:33 AM
Mar 2015

However – in what environmental groups call a "win-win" development – waste fat is now being used to generate renewable energy. McDonald's collects more than 600,000 litres of used cooking oil from its London restaurants each year, converting it to biodiesel to run half its fleet of lorries. London mayor Boris Johnson is pressing for waste fat to be used to run London's buses.

By capturing it right here in London and turning it into biodiesel we could provide 20% of the fuel needed to power London's entire bus fleet while saving thousands of tonnes of CO2 and creating hundreds of new jobs. There is huge potential to unlock the value in used cooking oil and turn it to our economic advantage," Johnson said last week.

One consortium plans to generate 130 gigawatt hours (GWh) of renewable electricity each year – enough to run 39,000 average homes – by burning 30 tonnes a day of fat, oil and grease. The oils will be collected from food outlets and manufacturers, and solidified grease will be harvested from "fat traps" installed in restaurant, hospital, stadium and factory kitchens. Thames Water has agreed to buy half the electricity to run London's largest sewerage works at Beckton.

• Animal fats and vegetable oil, lard, grease, butter and margarine, food scraps and dairy products all contribute to blocked drains, "fatbergs" and sewer blockages. Waste disposal units do not remove fats.


AND DON'T PUT WET WIPES DOWN THE TOILET, FOLKS

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