Workers in Metro Vancouver have chiselled away about 50 tonnes of so-called 'fatbergs' that have clogged the sewer system and prompted a reminder to residents not to dump grease down the drain.
Fat deposits are removed from a sewer in Richmond, B.C., in this recent handout photo from X. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO — Metro Vancouver Regional District, X
Dana Zheng, a program manager with the Metro Vancouver regional district, says that while it isn’t the first time they’ve encountered the problem in the system, this latest discovery of hardened fat is the “most serious” they have seen in recent years. A photo issued by the regional district shows some of the hardened chunks of yellowish and brown fat are large enough to reach a worker’s thighs.
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