For years we have been frustrated with the ineffectiveness of white spill pads and socks for transformer oil leaks at our substations. They degrade to flakes in sunlight, blow all around the site and allow oil to wash out in rainy weather. White spill pads make our cleanup job harder, not easier.
The problem with conventional absorbents:
While troubleshooting recurring environmental issues for one of our clients in 2015, we recognized a critical deficiency in the technology used to control outdoor spills. Most absorbent products that were being used for spill response were originally developed for routine, indoor industrial maintenance applications – not for leaks and spills outdoors!
Here’s what we found: Conventional absorbents don’t work well (if at all) in the rain, and they degrade in UV light. In addition, they are bulky, take up too much space, and are slow to deploy.
Plus, most oil spill absorbents are made from virgin polypropylene, which is manufactured from crude oil by petrochemical companies.
For years we have been frustrated with the ineffectiveness of white spill pads and socks for transformer oil leaks at our substations. They degrade to flakes in sunlight, blow all around the site and allow oil to wash out in rainy weather. White spill pads make our cleanup job harder, not easier.
The solution: Spilltration® absorbent technology.
Our customers encouraged us to challenge the status quo. So we went to work to develop mission-critical tools that filter petroleum spills from stormwater and prevent them from spreading.
We designed absorbents that take up less space and deploy rapidly. As a result, we help our customers bring more firepower to the frontlines of oil spill response by using the spare spaces in their work vehicles to store these high-tech oil-filtering tools instead of relying on outdated technologies that are too bulky for most frontline workers to carry on their vehicles.
Sustainability is ingrained in the HalenHardy® philosophy and all we do. We’re committed to creating and manufacturing sustainable spill control products. Spilltration® products are manufactured using post-consumer wastes NOT virgin polypropylene. They can hold much more oil than a similarly sized oil spill sheet and are reusable. Spilltration® products significantly reduce the amount of waste created by the cleanup of oil spills or leaks.
Spilltration® products are the first true innovation that I have seen in two decades. HalenHardy® sources its raw materials in an environmentally sound fashion. They know the holding capacity of their product, and if you use the polybacked product, you directly address the local and federal EPA’s primary concern; oil getting into the ground. Nobody else does that.
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Here’s What Other Professionals Are Saying
“We had a hydraulic leak from a ruptured line on an excavator near a stream. I pulled the Spilltration® materials you left with me in your office demo and I mobilized to the site. I was able to compare them to the materials already in action [traditional white spill pads]. To say your product was astounding is an understatement. My crew in the field remarked over and over about Spilltration’s ability to remove the material. And the fact that your materials are compact is a real plus. I’m sold on the Spilltration® technology.”
“Spilltration® products are the first true innovation that I have seen in two decades. HalenHardy sources its raw materials in an environmentally sound fashion. They know the holding capacity of their product, and if you use the poly-backed product, you directly address the local and federal EPA’s primary concern; oil getting into the ground. Nobody else does that.”
“We were called out on a rainy night to clean up over 50 gallons of transformer oil caused by a car running over a pad-mounted transformer. Unfortunately, the oil had already reached a storm sewer and was heading to a retention pond by the time we arrived. We immediately went to the outfall, stuffed it full, and lined the ditch below with Spilltration® Rugs. As a result, we were able to prevent the oil from reaching the pond, saving our customer tens of thousands of dollars in clean-up costs.”
