Seven years ago, the world was both horrified and enthralled by the announcement of a giant “fatberg” in the London sewers composed of human waste, cooking fat, sanitary products and items that carry ...

FOUL-SMELLING black balls have been spotted on multiple Australian beaches – and experts are baffled as to where they came from. The black spheres have been putting off scientists with their ...

The study led by Dr Biplob Pramanik mimicked a sewer environment under extreme conditions that rapidly sped up the fatberg formation process over 30 days. It showed the coating reduced build-up of ...

The gates of London’s brand new ‘super sewer’ are officially open. The Thames Tideway Tunnel, as it’s officially known, has been eight years and £4.5 billion in the making, intended to ...

London’s new super sewer, designed to protect the River Thames from sewage pollution well into the future, has opened for the first time. The first valves at four of a total of 21 sites ...