Three-in-ten are flushing wet wipes, new survey finds

The 200-tonne mass is estimated to have occupied 250 metres of a central Liverpool sewer

It was equivalent to the weight of three red London buses and found in Greenwich earlier this year

It was taken to a local sewage treatment plant and used to produce energy

United Utilities says it is the biggest ever fatberg discovered in the North West

The build up of fat, wet wipes and grease in Sidmouth, Devon, is larger than some models of Boeing 747 airliner

A fifth of households risk blocked drains and sewers by putting fat, oil and grease down the sink

Thames Water’s nine-week battle against the “monster fatberg” in Whitechapel has come to an end. The fatberg below the east London street, found in September, was a solid mass of fat, oil, wet wipes, condoms and other sanitary products. The water company said the work took longer than expected due to the damage the fatberg […]

A 250-metre long fatberg blocking a London sewer will be converted into around 10,000 litres of biodiesel. That’s according to Thames Water, which says the congealed mass of fat, oil, grease, wet wipes and sanitary products in Whitechapel will create enough green energy to power 350 double-decker buses for a day. Around a third of […]

  One of the UK’s largest ever fatbergs has been found blocking a sewer in East London. The congealed mass of fat, wet wipes, nappies, oil and condoms discovered in Whitechapel stretches for 250 metres and weighs 130 tonnes – this is longer than Tower Bridge and heavier than 11 double decker buses. Thames Water […]