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When selling granular absorbents, we often come across come interesting misconceptions, a few which have been addressed below:
"We use heaps of it so I buy the cheapest product"
The simple fact is that the cheapest product is not always the cheapest in the long run. ...

Do you know how to respond to a spill?  And what about your employees?  Or your co-workers?  A spill can quickly become life-threatening if not responded to quickly, and in the right way. So how do you know what the right way is?  The simple answer is training.  Pr...

DID YOU KNOW...  Under section 142 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, it is an offence to pollute.  Additionally, section 116 of the POEO Act makes it an offence to wilfully or negligently cause any substance to leak, spill or otherwise escape in a manner that ...

How do you prevent waterborne access to a potentially dangerous area?  Install a permanent boom system. As the inflow/outfall area of a clients' hydro-electric plant was on a popular recreational water body, there was a need to prevent access by waterborne leisure craft.  Init...

Argyle Commercial's Oil-only Marine Absorbent Sweep is ideal for the final clean-up of an oil spill in a marine environment. They are designed to be used in conjunction with our Absorbent Marine Booms once the booms have absorbed the bulk of the spill, the sweep is used to absorb any o...