Monday, 28 June 2010 06:00
The incident
On 16th June, Spill Tech were called to an accident scene south of Durban were a truck was involved in a collision and consequently spilt diesel. A response team was immediately dispatched to the scene.
Clean up operation using Biozorb & biological cleaners
BIOZORB peat fibre was used to absorb the free phase product. Once the product was absorbed, biological cleaners were used to remove the residual diesel stains from the tarred surface.
Safe disposal
Contamination soil from the roadside along with the absorbed diesel was collected and disposed of in heavy duty disposal bags and cable tied. The product was removed from site for disposal at a H:h landfill.
Preparation for the next call out
On completion of the clean up, the site was cleared and the Spill Tech responders returned to the depot to restock the response vehicles in preparation for the next call out.
