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How do you clear out a fatberg?

Geoff Riley

16th October 2017

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

It looks alive, twitching as lumps of fat are cleared from a sewer. My report on #BBCNewsTen - don't watch while eating #fatberg pic.twitter.com/UVKLrUibKm
— David Shukman (@DavidShukman) October 12, 2017

London restaurants have created a ‘monster fatberg' under the city https://t.co/APOPb7CM7r pic.twitter.com/KGiyp54n2v
— MUNCHIES (@munchies) October 11, 2017

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty 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 conferences in the UK and overseas.

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