Absorbon Products 

Over the past few years, major oil spills and the removal of hazardous contaminate from the industrial workplace have received a high level of attention. Environmental issues concerning the clean-up of contaminates that were dumped and neglected for over fifty years now require environmentally safe and effective clean-up services, equipment and products.

In addition to the heightened awareness of contamination problems, new laws affect every phase of the clean-up process. These laws have recently been strictly enforced requiring us to rethink how to deal with contamination problems. What will be required are services and products that provide safe, effective, cost efficient products and services that will pick-up contaminates and can be easily disposed or re mediated.

Cleanup of hydrocarbons, PC B’s, resins, and fatty acids are difficult for numerous reasons. New laws recently enacted, affect and restrict tried and true methods of the way we contain, control, pickup, transport, and dispose of contaminates. These new regulations being increased liabilities for everyone involved in the cleanup process. Gone are the days where once the contaminates were picked up, we could breathe a sigh of relief and go back to the business at hand.

Major expenses and liabilities for spills now rest with the storage, transportation, and disposal of contaminate. In fact, over half of the total cleanup costs will increase significantly. New laws governing disposal methods leave fewer disposal options. This creates higher fees to pay for the storage and provide funds for future litigation as a result of the new laws. In some cases, "disposal laws" may be retroactive, requiring additional cleanup of landfill sites. New legislation will significantly affect disposal options. These new laws will vary depending upon which area of the county the spill cleanup takes place

Permitting new state-of-the-art incineration facilities has become almost impossible. Even when approved, construction funds are hard to generate in today's economy. The general public is reluctant to allow new incineration to be in their own backyards and have successfully blocked construction of new facilities. People are concerned with present and future air quality along with additional contaminates that may filter into their neighborhood resulting from stack emissions. Without new facilities we will have to burden existing incineration systems that clearly require high levels of maintenance and new additions to confirm to clean air laws.

Presently, landfill space is difficult to find even for non-hazardous waste. Municipal trash and contaminates labeled non-hazardous are shipped quite a distance to their destination. Hazardous waste landfills are expansive and also fall under changing legislation that makes it difficult for storage. Ground water contamination in landfills and underground fuel tanks pose serious environmental problems. A recent EPA study determined 34% of underground fuel tanks leak.

Liability, (for contaminates in a hazardous landfill), is a term used to describe the shared liability the landfill owner has with all of his clients and their hazardous waste. The push is on to reduce the volume of hazardous material disposed in landfills.

As a result, landfill owners charge a premium for space. They also have become increasingly selective on the types of contaminates stored at their site, going as far as rejecting cleanup products made of synthetic materials that add to contamination problems. The full cleanup cycle of operation must be taken into account when considering the cleanup of spilled aterials. Focus must take place from first response, containment, control, pick-up, storage, transportation, and disposal.

Different laws that are changing rapidly regulate all of these steps. Products utilized in clean-up must conform to the new law changes. They must have flexibility to work under a variety of clean-up conditions and quickly absorb different types of contaminates. Using absorbents that cause additional disposal problems are both counterproductive and costly.

Absorbon Products is constantly working to solve difficult spill problems. We have developed natural products to meet the needs for cleanup operations while complying with local, state and federal laws. Absorbon products can be used as stand-alone products, or work in conjunction with other equipment on larger spills.

Our absorbents are effective, cost effective and minimize disposal costs. Absorbon , the natural oil absorbent, is manufactured from 100% Sphagnum Peat Moss, and has been successfully used for absorbing hydrocarbons for many years. Our products have been primarily used in "oil patch", for cleanup of oil spilled as a result of drilling spills or spills associated in the transport of oils.

Within the last year, we have been working to introduce Absorbon into the industrial marketplace to absorb an entirely new and diversified group of contaminates. We have used Absorbon to absorb PCB's resins, fatty acids, and thick hazardous coal tars. The success of Absorbon has been primarily due to its high absorption rate along with its non-leaching capability that enables cleanup crews the luxury of controlling contaminates.

Absorbon has the flexibility to provide many solutions to difficult cleanup situations. In order to understand the flexibility and capabilities of Absorbon , basic product knowledge is required. Horticulture peat moss has a moisture content of approximately 55%.

It is used in gardens to store water for our trees and flowers in time of need. Absorbon works in reverse of this theory. Absorbon is 100% sphagnum peat moss harvested and dried through a dehydration process to approximately 7% moisture content. 1[1] our unique drying process allows the fibers to absorb hydrocarbons where the water was once stored.

The fiber encapsulates the hydrocarbon and will not allow leaching of hydrocarbons. Absorbon offers true absorption not adsorption that other products offer.

Once hydrocarbons are truly absorbed and controlled, contaminates can be quickly picked up and disposed. Due to our unique drying process Absorbon actually repels water. Because of this, ABSORBON actually floats on water while absorbing contaminates.

Absorbon has an instant wicking action that allows quick and effective absorbing and continues to absorb hydrocarbons until it reaches saturation. Absorbon can be used on land, water or any combination thereof. (I.e.: marshes, estuaries, wetland, shorelines, rivers, lakes and streams, etc.). Absorbon has made significant inroads in the industrial cleanup marketplace. Industry has more than hydrocarbons to absorb and dispose. Absorbon with its unique qualities, has been able to solidify and absorb resins, PCB's, coal tars, and fatty acids.

Since ABSORBON is an organic material in nature, new markets for our products are rapidly developing in attempt to cleanup industrial by-products. Absorbon is sold in double compressed 1.4 & 4 Cu absorbing capacity bags. The material is lightweight and will pick up approximately 1 gallon of oil to 1 pound of Absorbon .

Absorbon is able to pick up an entire range of hydrocarbons from gasoline to crude oil. Absorbon has many other bonus advantages for many spill cleanups. It is non-abrasive to machinery.

This is particularly important due to the many hydraulic leaks that occur, as machinery cannot shut down during a work shift. Oil cleanup around machines is easy and creates a safer area for workers. The vapor suppressive and static resistant qualities of Absorbon are a significant safety feature for response crew. Absorbon has the ability to absorb flammable liquids and aid in the prevention of flashbacks. Efficiency and worker safety is main reasons for response teams using Absorbon . Transporting hazardous contaminates is a risky business. In addition to the insurance bonding, payments of high premiums, and nightmare of administrative work, there are serious problems in physically relocating hazardous materials.

Vibration of trucks hauling over the road causes some leakage. Tarps required to cover the top of roll-off boxes sometimes come off, allowing material to "fly off' the truck. Even if the tarp stays on, there is a tendency for solid contaminates to "cook" in sunny weather. There are problems that Absorbon can easily solve instead of risking heavy fines or trying to pick-up runaway liquids.

Absorbon will solidify liquids and prevent leaching. In the event that a 200 Liter drum accidentally falls off a transport vehicle, contaminates packed in Absorbon make the cleanup operations easier, safer and less costly.

Picking up solidified PCB's (Poly chlorinated-bythenol) or other contaminates absorbed in Absorbon will take less time and require less equipment than PCB's suspended in liquid form. Dramatic savings are realized in transporting solid contaminates.

Disposal of contaminates absorbed by Absorbon offers many options depending upon the contaminates and the local laws governing the area of disposal. Absorbon prevents leaching of contaminates. Because of the non-leaching properties of Absorbon , some waste oils can be disposed in regular landfills in many states. Waste oils absorbed by Absorbon that meet ID 27 guidelines can be disposed in regular landfills.


When forced air incineration can be utilized as a disposal method,

Absorbon will save in disposal costs and limit your liability.

Absorbon delivers approximately 8,430 BTU/lb or 18,546 BTU/Kg and has been used as a fuel source on its own in several countries. In some cases, users of Absorbon have been able to soak up oils and burn them (with DNR approved) on site without costly transport or disposal fees.

Incineration costs are affordable and your liability ends after incineration.

Bio-remediation of oils and other contaminates absorbed by Absorbon is becoming a cost effective option. Absorbon is a non-toxic organic; it serves as an excellent matrix for microbes to eat away at hydrocarbons. This option has been successful in restoring highly contaminated dirt to non-detect levels in less than three weeks.

Absorbon contains a unique organic catalyst (H.A.e.) which is coated inside the walls of the barrel cell structure. On contact with hydrocarbons the catalyst synergies with the available micro-organisms, initiating the bio-remediation process.

The barrel cells also contain essential stores of oxygen, which are vital to the natural Eco systems, and in turn, the remediation process. New products and technology must be effective, cost effective, meet all the ever changing specifications, regulations and local, state and federal laws. Most importantly, Absorbon products work.

We feel that today's technological breakthrough in absorbing spilled hydrocarbons, may have been right under our feet. ..... For a few thousand years.

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