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How do you clear out a fatberg?

Geoff Riley

16th October 2017

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One to save for teaching negative externalities. The marginal private cost of disposing of fat, tampons, wipes and condoms is close to zero but the challenge of clearing up the consequences has to be seen to be believed.

Here is a tweet from BBC reporter David Grossman

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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