Terrenew is heavily involved in the environmental remediation, spill response and emergency response industries on several fronts with a variety of products:
OilMaster absorbent pads and sheets facilitate environmental remediation of oil, gasoline and other hydrocarbon-based fluids from water surfaces, tanks, etc. The hydrophobic OilMaster pads will repel the water and quickly absorb the oil, gasoline, etc. spills. There are several environmental remediation firms using OilMaster products in their emergency response and remediation activities.
One example is Adirondack Environmental Enterprises, Inc. based in Utica, NY. Dan Clemmons, of AEE says,” …that they used to use a clay-based absorbent but that OilMaster is a better product and it is 100% organic and biodegradable as well. We use it for cleaning out old oil tanks as well as for spill response above the ground. It used to take up to 7 bags of the old clay absorbent compared to one bag of OilMaster”.
MetalMaster
Like OilMaster, the active ingredients for MetalMaster systems are lignocellulosic, usually plant-based, materials. The purpose of this product is to remove heavy metals from polluted water. This process is achieved through a combination of the composition of the raw materials and the passing of heavy metal contaminated water through a vessel containing the MetalMaster product.
Engineered systems to utilize MetalMaster are required for each specific contaminated site. The Company is currently working with an engineering firm on a pool of chromium contaminated ground water in Rochester, New York. The project equipment system was put into operation at the end of May 2008.
There are three types of application projects for MetalMaster:
- Site Remediation; where the source has created a finite quantity of contamination.
- Industrial Process Applications; where there are manufacturing operations that produce a byproduct flow of contaminated water or other effluent.
- Electroplating industry; where metal cleanup is a necessity.
SulfaMaster
Biogas is becoming an important alternative source of energy. Biogas is generated by the action of microbes on organic waste products in an anaerobic digestion, such as occurs at landfills or farm manure digesters. The gases from landfills and from other sources, such as on-farm manure digestion, contain methane that can be used for energy production. This biogas, however, frequently is contaminated by hydrogen sulfide, which is toxic, highly corrosive to machinery and has an unpleasant rotten egg odor. For efficient energy production from biogas, the hydrogen sulfide must be removed. Terrenew is working to commercialize the removal of hydrogen sulfide with the use of an amended MetalMaster material which is highly effective and cost efficient in certain pollution and wastewater clean ups.
