Tag: Nine Dirty Little Secrets

One of the most wasteful practices in the environmental world is using white oil spill sheets for persistent outdoor leaks and spills. It costs you in many ways. Time. Money. Pollution.

We’ve developed a different way to tackle these crappy problems. We use an innovative, recycled filter fiber to hold onto persistent oil leaks and allow clean rainwater to filter through.

White spill sheets were first developed in the early 1970s and they haven’t upgraded much in 50 years.

Lab tests show that white spill sheets cannot be squeezed and reused. In fact, they retain 85% to 90% of the oil. That’s good when cleaning up an oil spill. But, it makes them very unsustainable.

18 out of 18 white spill sheet manufacturers in the USA know they are impotent for controlling outdoor oil leaks. But 17 out of 18 don’t admit it on their websites or sales materials.

Industry experts estimate that more than 168 million pounds of virgin white oil spill materials are manufactured every year in the USA. After use, the virgin white products tossed into the garbage.

When a mere teaspoon of dripping oil hits on a single spot of a white spill sheet, it begins to saturate the sheet at that location. Lab tests reveal that up 70% of dripping oil runs through the sheet and pollutes the ground beneath.

According to a study at North Carolina State University, white oil spill sheet fibers lose 70% of their strength after just six days in the sun.

Did you know that just one drop of oil per minute can pollute one million gallons of surface or groundwater in 53 days. The more it rains, the faster the leak spreads.