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Turning Fatbergs into Fuel
How one company is turning sewer waste into a valuable energy source
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.
Presenter: Tom Colls
Reporter: Nick Holland
(Image: A fatberg, Credit: Thames Water)
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