One quarter of New Orleans" catch-basins were clogged to uselessness with 93,000 lbs of plastic Mardi Gras beads

London has fatbergs: glistening, multiton agglomerations of fat, sanitary napkins, "flushable" wipes, human waste, dirty diapers, used condoms, and delicious strawberry jame; New Orleans has 93,000 pounds of plastic Mardi Gras beads. The city"s emergency crews have spent $7m since September, vacuuming the beads out of 15,000 of the city"s 64,000 catch-basins, which had become too clogged to function