'Putrid' 30 tonne fatberg pulled from Perth's sewers
www.abc.net.au
A 30-tonne congealed mass of items that should not be flushed, including wet wipes, sanitary products, oils and grease was removed by an excavator over two days.

In short:

The largest recorded fatberg in WA, weighing 30,000 kg, was found in Perth’s sewer system during routine maintenance.

Fatbergs are entirely preventable and form due to non-flushable items like wipes and fats being disposed of incorrectly.

What’s next?

Workers spent two days earlier this week using an excavator to break up and remove the fatberg, which has been taken to the tip.

  • Gorgritch_Umie_KillaM
    6·
    1 month ago

    Oh man, South of River really layin the gauntlet to the North of the river here.

    They should definitely build a statue out of this material, somehow solidify it. Then everytime Watercorp digs out a new fatberg they can award the statue to that City/Shire/Suburb.

    Place the Statue of Fatberg on the busiest corner in the latest area to gain this most dubious of honours.

    Statue of Liberty might have,

    …Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free… Poem: Collossus, by Emma Lazarus

    Statue of Fatberg should have,

    Give me your Pee, your Poo, scrunched or folded toilet paper Poem: Collossal, by Gorgritch_Umie _Killa