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Green Fat Eater thrives in Groningen
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Green Fat Eater thrives in Groningen

“The most important thing is that the fat deposits are almost gone and we no longer have any damage. As a result, interim cleaning has no longer been necessary since the start of the pilot."

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On the advice of Wilco van Klink (municipality of Vlaardingen), Harm Klopman entered into talks with Macero, a company that specializes in biological fat breakdown. Until then, he was not familiar with this application. Due to the fat-related problems within the municipality of Groningen and the fact that sustainability was moving higher on the municipal agenda, he decided to request more information.

Shortly afterwards, Harm and Macero visited a problem location in Groningen and agreed to a two-year pilot. “First taste it to find out what the Green Fat Eater can do for us,” says the technical specialist. The problems were therefore considerable. Harm: “The location that is now being discussed is in a new residential area. We often suffer from grease there, but this pumping station was cleaned three times a year. That was simply too much for a pumping station at this location.”

The Groene Greeter was put to work in the fight against this fat. The first change in the pumping station was already visible after one month of bacterial dosing and the decrease in fat was noticeable after three months. In 2021 (2.5 years later), Harm is still enthusiastic about the result. “The most important thing is that the fat deposits are almost gone and we no longer have any damage. As a result, interim cleaning has no longer been necessary since the start of the pilot. It’s not just that Macero hangs something haphazardly. A dosing plan is made, in which the system upstream is also looked at, so that fat control can already be started there. Thanks to this method, we have been able to save costs compared to traditional cleaning and the residents of the neighborhood also experience less nuisance.” For the municipality of Groningen, the time of fat-related problems and calamities is over at this location.

The pilot has now been followed up and since this summer the Groene Vetvreter has been deployed at five different locations in Groningen.

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