FOG in the media

Fatbergs and the 3 Ps by Fatberg Avenger Dr Fatberg

Dr. Fatberg (Dr. Tom Curran) is on a mission to teach us about the 3P's, with a little help from Taylor Swift.

The City Has Fewer Fatbergs These Days – But Can Still Improve

The largest Dublin fatberg Colin Fitzpatrick says he’s heard about was under South Great George’s Street roughly eight years ago.
“You’d only get fatbergs where you get a lot of restaurants,” says Fitzpatrick, a senior engineer in Dublin City Council’s Drainage Division.

All you want to know about fatbergs but are too disgusted to ask

Huge lumps of fat and waste keep appearing in sewers, particularly in the UK – are they really on the rise, or are we just paying more attention?

Icebergs of Fat, Oil, and Grease Are Growing in the Sewers Beneath Our Feet. Here's Why.

Thanks to wasteful sanitation habits, so-called "fatbergs" have increased in recent years—costing taxpayers in cities around the world a small fortune.

Engineering Solutions to offset waste problems

Waste can cause problems. When fats, oils, grease and sanitary products congeal in a sewer, it can build ‘fatbergs’ that slow and clog sewers, resulting in backed up pipes, environmental damage and expensive and dangerous operations to clear the blockage.

The cost of removing Irish fatbergs (It's a lot!)

Newstalk interview - Sean Moncrieff talks to Tom Curran from November 19th 2018

Foiling fatbergs, the elephants in the sewer

Science Lives: UCD lecturer Dr Tom Curran working on ways to avoid blockages in waste disposal

Developing sense around ‘fatbergs’

UCD engineer Dr Tom Curran is on a mission to stop ‘fatbergs’ from clogging up our sewers. He spoke to Dr Claire O’Connell about developing new technology to fight the build-up of hidden fat (page 7).

Giant fat blobs, known as fatbergs, are the scourge of London's aging sewers

LONDON — The British capital is waging an ongoing battle in its aging 19th-century sewers against the scourge of "fatbergs" — congealed masses of cooking oil, wipes, condoms, diapers and other gunk — that pollute and clog the underground system.

London's Sewers Are Clogged With Massive Globs of Fat. Here’s Why It’s Hard to Get Rid of Them

If there’s an urban problem more disgusting than the fatberg, I don’t want to hear about it. Vast, monster lumps of congealed fat stuck together with a structure of used diapers, tampons, and wet wipes, these oily excrescences are increasingly clogging urban sewers in many countries.

Blobs of Fat and Trash Are Filling the World’s Sewers

Thomas Wallace is working on a research masters at the University College of Dublin on the 'Development of a National Strategy for Recovery and Utilisation of Fat, Oi, and Grease (FOG) Waste from Food Service Outlets (FSOs)'.

Huge Blobs of Fat and Trash Are Filling the World’s Sewers

Mountains of grease and debris known as fatbergs are blocking toilets, breaking pipes, and even being illicitly converted into cooking oil.

Turning Fatbergs into Fuel

Lurking in the sewers beneath the streets there are giant blobs of congealed cooking fat known as “fatbergs”. Now one company has come up with a clever way of making money out of them. Their efforts may one day change perceptions of fatbergs – turning the lumps of putrid waste into a valuable commodity...

#LoveIrishResearch at UCD

Irish Research Council meets our awardees based in UCD to find out why they #LoveIrishResearch. Featuring (in order of appearance): Ann Marie Mc Cartin, Ann-Maria Walsh, Anthony Newell, Kate Killick, Sean Smith, Paulina Szklanna, Martin O'Reilly, Deirdre McMahon, Thomas Wallace, Barbara Moore, Inbarasan Muniraj, Shaileen McGovern, Clare Cresswell, Samuel Belton, Aideen O'Dochartaigh and Stephen Fitzsimons.

Sustainable Management of Fat, Oil and Grease (FOG) Waste - A Global Challenge

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Fighting the fatbergs: how cities are waging war on clogged sewers

Fatbergs are the scourge of cities all over the world, and can grow to the length of a Boeing 747. Ian Wylie braves a London sewer to witness this filthy threat for himself – and uncovers some new ideas for defeating them

Fatbergs: Dr Tom Curran talk to 2FM's Dave Fanning

UCD's Dr Tom Curran for the College of Engineering and Architecture, talks Fatbergs to RTE Radio 2fm's Dave Fanning. A 10 Tonne Fatberg was found blocking a sewer pipe in London. A fatberg is a congealed lump of fat, sanitary items, wet wipes, and similar items found in sewer systems, which do not break down like toilet paper.