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Industrial wastes, untreated effluent from textile dye houses, metal plating, or battery manufacturing plants are high in colourants and heavy metal pollutants. Although colourants are generally biodegradable, special treatments are necessary to restore significant amounts of oxygen that are used up. Nature can also eliminate the heavy metals that are dumped into the environment during manufacturing processes, but it takes a long time for these to break down, and even the traces that are left can be highly toxic.
Chemicals treating chemicals is not the answer! They are costly, dangerous to handle, both before and after the treatment process, and are very difficult to safely dispose of.
Tests show that after just two passes of effluent through a mat of peat and water, the concentration of common transition metals was lowered to well below acceptable environmental limits for these toxic substances. Even though this peat would now be considered “polluted” it is completely safe to handle or store, and disposal presents no problem.
P.O.L. Sorb® can be used as a cleansing agent. It can absorb 8–12 times its own weight and is able to remove or neutralize 95% to 100% of contaminants present in water without any specialized training, and won’t complicate the problem further by being hazardous to handle or difficult to dispose of. |
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Its unique cellular structure allows P.O.L. Sorb® to absorb dyes and other colour compounds. Because of its chemical composition, P.O.L. Sorb® can stabilize or neutralize these elements. With its ability to absorb through its porous exterior it can encapsulate, surround, and lock liquids and soluble solids into its gelatinous interior; thus virtually eliminating any chance of leaching when disposed of in landfill sites. Accepted current processes of purifying water using P.O.L. Sorb® as the filter satisfies the stringent pollution control requirements of many well known governmental agencies including the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The federal government of Canada and affected provincial governments have also approved landfill as an acceptable disposal method for used peat. This spent peat can also be burnt without any danger to the atmosphere. Companies doing research into water filtration using peat have found that the spent peat can continue to be used for horticultural purposes with excellent results. There is no danger of anything leaching out of the peat and contaminating ground waters. Costs involved would depend on the degree of pollution, daily capacity, and other factors unique to each individual situation. The cost of P.O.L. Sorb® as a natural resource is minimal. The technology is priced much lower than filtration processes now in place. P.O.L. Sorb® b has secured raw peat resources available for all current and anticipated uses to carry this company and its customers for well over a hundred years. Contact our office for more information at 1-800-872-5741 or email us at
support@arkent.com
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