Oil spills cause significant and lasting damage to rivers, lakes, marine estuaries mangroves, marshes, wetlands and shorelines. Fortunately, many oil spill sites can be treated to optimize the conditions favourable to natural biodegradation.

Oclansorb Plus is designed to:

• Immediately absorb an oil or fuel spill on surface water, marsh, mangrove, beach or shoreline,
  
  and
• To be left in place in the spill site to accelerate the environmentally safe biodegradation of that petroleum through the use of controlled bioaugmentation.

Existing Oil Spill

Oclansorb Plus is an oil-absorbant peat moss designed for application to surface oil and fuel spills in fresh and salt water marshes, wetlands and any open water environment which cannot be efficiently cleaned by manual techniques.

Treated with
Ocalansorb Plus

• Float on the marsh or wetland surface to the maximum extent possible
• Release high performance, non-pathogenic, oil-degrading microbes which are effective in attacking and consuming the petroleum hydrocarbon pollutant
  
  
• Release nitrogen, phosphorus and trace nutrients in a time release pattern to foster accelerated biodegradation of the spill, without creating eutrophic or toxic nutrient conditions in the marsh or wetland ecosystem
  
  
• Self-biodegrade, a few weeks after application

New Growth

Application rates vary with the quantity of oil spilled, the surface area affected and the environmental conditions. Oclansorb-plus weighs I kg (2.2 lb.) per 5.5 litres of volume when packed in its typical paper bag unit wrapping. One full bag is 44 litres in volume and weighs 8 kg (I 7.5 lb.)

Oclansorb-plus is applied manually like any other powdered oil absorbent. Hand, mechanical, or airborne applicators can be used, and because it is a lightweight particulate, blowers are effective in broadcasting the material effectively.