subject: What to Do When You Need an Oil Spill Cleanup [print this page] An oil or chemical spill in the Gulf of Mexico can put wildlife and beaches in serious danger. Environmentalists have said that the damage caused by such a spill would affect the ecology of the wildlife and waters for decades, maybe longer. Also, business owners will suffer as well because people will stay away in fear of being poisoned by the oil. While the waters may repair themselves over time, the losses felt could affect a large number of people and animals for many years into the future. For example, Prince William Sound, the site of the Exxon Valdez disaster in 1989, is still feeling the effects of that oil spill, more than 20 years after it happened. However, there are some new inventions that can help protect beaches and make oil spill cleanup easier than it has been in the past.
One thing that provides a good beach barrier is the deployment of HESCO Concertainer units. These units are made with a geotextile lining that is heavy-duty, permeable and made of a polypropylene fabric. They are available in either green or sand color, so they can blend in with whatever the landscape looks like. They also have a cellular structure with a welded mesh framework. Using joining pins, they can form a wall that can stretch for miles long beaches and act like a wall against oil or chemical spills that try to infiltrate the beaches. The units are great weapons against oil and chemical spills and they can be assembled within a short period of time. Within 20 minutes, a single tier, or 30-foot section, can be joined together and filled with material by two people. It takes about seven hours to place down 1,500 flood sandbags and with oil already onshore in some places, there is hardly any time to waste. The HESCO units are cost effective and save time, which is important during an oil spill cleanup. They can also be used for protection against floods and beach erosion.
One oil cleanup company that has done its part to help during an oil spill cleanup is Integrated Protection Systems (IPS). IPS uses the deployment of the HESCO Concertainer units and even applies Enviro Armour to the mix to make them more effective. The agent turns oil into a solid that is easier to dispose of and reuse as a raw material. For more information about what IPS and their preferred installers, Sterling Building Specialists, are doing to help with an oil spill cleanup, log on to http://www.bp-oil-spills.com/.
