An enormous clotted mass of grease and garbage has been found in the sewers of London’s East End.

The “fatberg” is comprised of all kinds of modern-world goodies: cooking oil, diapers, wet wipes, condoms, tampons, and other delectable things that people shouldn’t flush down the toilet but do.

Fortunately, the poor sods at Thames Water, the capital’s utility, have partnered with sustainable biodiesel producer Argent Energy to convert the 143-ton “rancid blob” into 2,643 gallons of “pure green fuel,” said Thames Water manager Alex Saunders.

Engineers found the fatberg while doing a routine check of the sewers. The massive “cement-like plug” extended through 820 feet of Victorian-era pipes, the length of two football fields. And because we know... Leer Más