Domestic News
The harmful impact of wet wipes on our environment and drains has been pushed back into the spotlight by the emergence of an unpleasant mass of wet wipes on the banks of London’s famous River Thames. This “wet wipe island” has formed near Hammersmith over the course of several months and years, and has now…
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have installed new flood prevention drains to prevent torrents of water from devastating gardens and threatening homes. The measures are designed to divert thousands of gallons of water that had been inundating two houses near Blackburn in Lancashire up to three times a year. Dave and Julia Mangan, who…
A fully recyclable board game has been made available to download for free for families who want to have fun while stuck inside and learn about an important environmental issue at the same time. Created by the team at Lanes for Drains, Pipes & Ladders is a quirky new take on the classic game of…
Drainage and water utilities specialist Lanes Group plc has grown its service capability with continued investment in a modern tanker fleet. In five years, the company has built a fleet of 60 tankers to support contracts with three water companies and a growing number of commercial customers. Roland Leslie, General Manager of the Lanes Tankering…
Christmas revellers and food businesses are being urged not to feed the fatbergs after Lanes Group sewer cleaning teams removed two giant waste monsters from beneath the streets of London. The Lanes teams, working for Thames Water, sliced a 30-tonne fatberg from a sewer beneath Borough Market in Southwark, South London, and a 63-tonne fatberg…
Move aside, Charles Dickens! There’s a new version of “A Christmas Carol” in town this year – turning the classic festive tale into a story about the importance of clean drains. Entitled “The Drains of Christmas Future”, the two-minute animation provides a fun and timely twist on an iconic narrative, warning viewers of exactly what…
Families across the US are being urged to do their bit to prevent unwanted drain blockages this Thanksgiving by taking care over what they choose to put down the sink. The call comes following the successful conclusion of Unblocktober, a groundbreaking new public awareness campaign in the UK that saw more than 4,500 participants coming…
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have been supporting housing developers across Teesside in preparing new drains to be integrated into the sewer system. Teams based at the Lanes depot at Stockton-on-Tees are working for construction companies to make sure sewers built on new housing estates are fit to meet requirements of a Section 104…
