Bioremediation

Bioremediation using PèTROZORB

A specific feature of PèTROZORB-Silver is its bioremediation capability. This is a microbiological process whereby multiple strains of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and enzymes convert harmful environmental contaminants into harmless by-products such as carbon dioxide and water. The organic substrate is permeated with these microbes, which are held in a dormant state until exposed to water. When this happens, they are then activated and begin their normal life cycle. This life cycle may continue over a period of 30 to 90 days.

Bioremediation through the use of degrading microbes

Bioremediation is a waste-management technique that uses micro-organisms to remove and/or detoxify pollutants from a contaminated area. When carefully conducted, bioremediation is a cost-effective, practical method to remove hydrocarbons and other organics from polluted sites. Bioremediation also protects and preserves the environment by allowing living organisms to degrade or transform hazardous organic contaminants into neutral by-products.

PèTROZORB-Silver contains microbes that generate these desired biochemical changes. The products are used in the agricultural, aquacultural, environmental and industrial domains. This broad application is made possible thanks to our technology which has been developed using the inter-disciplinary sciences of microbiology, biochemistry, organic chemistry, fermentation and pharmaceutics. The biodiversity of our product gives it a unique ability to be effective for many different operating conditions.

PèTROZORB-Silver supports life in soil and facilitates bioremediation. This is because all the necessary nutrients (macro- and micro-elements) are present – it contains natural (native) as well as added (non-native) microbiology. These nutrients sustain the micro-organisms in PèTROZORB-Silver, which then enables them to multiply in areas that would otherwise be sterile, therefore supporting new plant growth.

DISPOSAL METHODS:

• Incineration – Many coal generated fossil fuel plants could use absorbed product saturated with hydrocarbon in their manufacturing process. This makes it an excellent alternative fuel.

• Landfill – In accordance with regulatory authority guidelines. Landfill will not allow encapsulated hydrocarbons to escape into the environment. This is of great value to companies with an environmental conscious agenda, since the product range is natural organic absorbents containing no chemicals or other additives.

• Land Farming – Bioremediation saves valuable landfill space. Reclaiming once unsalvageable soils. Hydrocarbons will biodegrade 25% faster. The hydrocarbons will become nutrients for the oil degrading microbes by rehabilitating the soil. Once land farming has encapsulated the hydrocarbons it will not release them into the environment.