Questions every Manager Should Ask when Facing an Oil Spill Cleanup.

1. What is the efficiency of the product with respect to remediation on water and land?

MOP's Sorbent has a pickup ration of 30-1, the highest in the industry – on both land and water. MOP has two sorbents 201 and 301 that are optimized for water and land respectively. This means that every pound of MOP sorbent will capture up to 30 lbs of oil. A bag container* load of MOP (1000 bags of loose sorbent)  will pick up 75,000 gallons of oil. Our MOP Cannon, that shoots out the sorbent, can deliver a full container load onto a spill in 3 hours. Directly behind the cannon we follow with a MOP Harvester that picks up the oil-laden sorbent in 4 hours.

2. Does the product have capabilities to tackle all of the challenges imposed by the spill or only some of them? In other words, will it work on water but not land etc.

MOP Sorbents are optimized for their various usages. While the basis of the products is our patented sorbent, each sorbent has uniques characteristics that heighten its effectiveness in specific environments.

MOP 201 is optimized for use on water. It is aggressively oleophilic and hydrophobic and will absorb up to 30 times its weight in oil while repelling water completely. MOP 301 is optimized for land use and is effective on spills on both hard surfaces and the ground.

3. Approvals and certifications from those with oversight (Coast Guard/EPA/NY?) 

MOP Meets EPA and Coast Guard guidelines for certification as safe in open water. Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), sections 300.5 and 300.915(g) of the National Contingency Plan. Certification letter available.

4. What are the Real Costs of products, processes within their life cycle?

Real costs require that you measure costs of acquisition, use and disposal of the product. Often the “cheapest products” to acquire have the highest disposal costs and if management is not diligent and the process is bifurcated the end result will be poor performance (because you bought cheap product) and high disposal costs - because the cheap product has to be treated as hazardous waste for disposal.

Up to 95% of the oil can be recovered using MOP - cleaner than it was when spilled - from the oil-laden sorbent.

The sorbent actually filters the oil when it releases it by squeezing. The oil can be recovered as either standard oil or by conversion into bio-oil using a Carbon Negative Pyrolysis system.  The carbon negative system uses pyrolysis to convert the oil-laden MOP into hydrogen-based pyrolysis oil and bio-char fertilizer that will work even if we cannot recover the oil. Furthermore without removing the oil (if a decision is made for some reason not to try and recover the resource) Oil-laden MOP sorbent can be disposed in several environmentally sustainable ways including land farming and industrial composting. It can also be pelletized for incineration or burned as it is. Finally it can be put in a landfill, although this is the least preferred of all options. The important take-away from this is that in NO CIRCUMSTANCES does it need to be treated as a hazardous substance. It is a solid waste. (unless there are hazardous chemical in the oil from dispersants).

5. Will cleanup involve both bio-remediation and recovery?

MOP sorbents are capable of both recovery of the resource and bioremediation of those areas where recovery is not feasible.  Up to 95% of the oil can be recovered using MOP - cleaner than it was when spilled - from the oil-laden sorbent.

6. Can recovery offset some of the remediation costs?

Using MOP Loose Sorbent and Recovering the Oil is often profitable. MOP cleanly recovers up to 95% of the absorbed oil by squeezing. The remaining material can be burned to recover 100% of the available energy, while leaving as little as 0.1% ash. At the very least it dramatically reduces the total cost of cleanup. If 75,000 gallons of spilled oil can be retrieved and recycled at a below market cost, $40/barrel for example, this creates a gross profit of $65,772 for each 75,000 gallons. The net of course would require subtracting the cost of the sorbent and cleanup.

7. How do the choices differ in terms of environmental sustainability?

MOP Sorbents are made from 100% recycled materials and fully biodegradable.
So for example, should a small amount wash up on the shore and be missed by the volunteers and cleanup crews, it will bioremediate the oil and naturally biodegrade.

8. Is pricing comparison based on pure price (per linear foot price) or scored on the basis of absorption?
e..g. 2 ten foot booms: 1 costs $10.00, 1 costs $20.00 but the $20 boom absorbs 4 times as much oil.

MOP is about in the middle of the pack of its competitors on a pure price basis. However when real costs are calculated beginning with this cost per pound of pickup or cost per gallon of pickup, MOP is the preeminent sorbent.

MOP’s Mission & Vision 
MOP Environmental Solutions, Inc. is dedicated to creating sustainable approaches to oil spill remediation and filtration. Using the most cost-effective and performance-efficient sorbent on the market, our patented MOP, (Maximum Oil Pickup) Sorbent to create products and processes that yield a more environmentally sound and financially beneficial end result by re-capturing or recycling the oil or energy and reducing the generation of hazardous wastes where removal of oil from water, water-based coolants and other related products can be achieved.

Cradle-to-Cradle Green
Manufactured using green, low-head hydroelectric power, MOP’s 201 and 301 sorbents are the only cradle-to-cradle green oil spill remediation products on the planet.