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

While we are now experiencing some local inconvenience in Dublin city centre due to planned works to facilitate the construction of the "Luas Cross City" line, we should spare a thought for those who endure emergency roadworks in cities around the globe. While some urgent repairs are required occasionally for communication and water networks, there is a growing problem of emergency works and traffic diversions caused by sewer blockages in large cities due to "fatbergs"-a term that has been coined over the past decade or so to describe large conglomerations of fat, oil and grease (FOG).