An oil-spill-eating product from A&S Worldwide has been used at a facility of SUEZ recycling and restoration UK to scale back Complete Petroleum Hydrocarbon (TPH) ranges to non-hazardous standing.
The excessive ranges of TPH had been current within the by-products of a street-sweepings washing course of. Particularly, TPH ranges had been excessive within the filter cake outputs of the washing course of, which meant that the output was categorised as hazardous waste, and subsequently couldn’t be used to produce materials for different tasks.
Oil Spill Eater II (OSE II) was added to the principle water reservoir tank to deliver it into contact with the fabric to be processed.
OSE II was additionally utilized to the filter cake stockpile with a hand pump spray to handle any extra TPH that may nonetheless have been current.
In accordance with the group, TPH ranges dropped over a interval of days to non-hazardous necessities.
These ranges have subsequently remained low, with OSE II solely having been added to the water tank on a second event after two months.
OSE II remains to be utilized by way of hand spray to the filter cake the place it’s not sensible to dose the principle water tank, because of the water being modified regularly. This has additionally resulted in TPH ranges dropping beneath goal ranges, based on the group.
Shaun Macdonald, DIRECTOR, A&S Worldwide, commented:
“We’re excited to be working with SUEZ recycling and restoration UK.
“The trial confirmed very quicky how OSE II lowers TPH ranges effectively beneath targets in a brief period of time, and never solely that but in addition retains the TPH ranges constantly low.
“This has helped SUEZ to scale back each prices and likewise the quantity of output that has to go to landfill which is nice information for them from a sustainability standpoint.
“OSE II is also an ideal one step solution for the SUEZ team to clean up any onsite oil and fuel spills without having to use toxic chemicals or absorbents – the latter would also normally have to be disposed of correctly.”
The advantages listed for the product on A&S Worldwide’s web site embody:
- Less expensive than eradicating contaminated materials off-site because the spill might be handled in-situ
- Concentrated product blended 50:1 with pure water to provide low value remedy
- No secondary clean-up reduces labour prices
- Non-toxic and biodegradable
- Pure elements with no chemical substances
- Removes slip hazards from gasoline spills
- Renders gasoline spills non-flammable in minutes
- Removes odours from hydrocarbon spills
- Won’t hurt flora or fauna
- No PPE obligatory to be used
