What the FATBERG?
What the FATBERG?
It’s everything you flush or put down the sink, but shouldn’t. Every wet wipe, batch of bacon grease, paper towels and even Barbie doll heads. Yes, Barbie doll heads. It all congeals, ferments and seethes beneath the streets, growing with every flush. All of our non-biodegradable waste, all of our overlooked laziness, blocking toilets and breaking sewer pipes. It’s a fatberg.
Fatbergs in the News
Jan 31, 2019: JEA warns about major issues from flushing things that shouldn't be flushed.
How Can We
FLUSH Them Out?
How Can We FLUSH Them Out?
When they join forces, these sewer-dwelling blobs of filth, waste, fats and trash form blockages that can send sewage bubbling into neighborhoods and homes. But we have the power to stop them.
Introducing Freddy Fatberg
Coming soon to a sewer near you. 🚽 #fatberginvasion
Dump in the trash,
not down the drain.
Dump in the trash, not down the drain.
Here’s an easy list of things that should never go down a drain — even if it says it’s flushable. Basically, if it doesn’t come out of your body and isn’t toilet paper, then don’t flush it.
FATBERG FREAKOUTS
FATBERG FREAKOUTS
What would you do if you came face-to-face with a standing glob of human-produced coagulated waste? Vote for your favorite sewage scare or show us what you’ve got using the hashtag #fatberginvasion.