Our Commitment to the Environment
Taín Eco™ Healing Earth powered by Peat Sorb has practiced and delivered environmental excellence since its inception.
Ahead of its time on environment and ecology with “best practices” our long history of helping globally to render the spill harmless is our tradition.
Taín Eco™ Healing Earth powered by Peat Sorb values the health and safety of its customers, partners, distributors and the inhabitants of all marine and land species in the communities that it serves.
Our products neutralize toxicity, suppress flammable vapors and have high biodegradability results to prove below regulatory limits and non- detect readings after treatment. We deliver the highest quality products that outperform our client’s performance objectives.
Animals and marine life threatened by hydrocarbon spills will be spared needless suffering and their habitats will not endure long term damage.
Oil on animal’s fur and bird’s feathers are easily removed with Taín Eco™ Healing Earth powered by Peat Sorb, no need to introduce dish detergents that are known to have the agent Triclosan, a derivative of a pesticide that can be transdermally absorbed and affect the hormonal health of animals and birds.
Animal Safe
ABSORB, REMEDIATE & RESTORE - We leave water pristine, rocks clean and enhance vegetation
ORIGIN & HARVESTING
Peat Sorb began in 1989. Canada prides itself on having the highest quality Sphagnum Peat Moss with 25% of the world’s Peat Bogs. Globally in demand, Peat is respectfully environmentally managed both provincially and by the federal government, to be ever sustainable to help millions of people around the world for generations to come.
Harvesting takes place when Mother Nature says so, after the first thaw usually in from May with good weather conditions through to October.
The portion to be harvested is first cleared and drained and then harrowed and raked. The loosened peat is then vacuumed up. We only skim the top layers, always leaving the Peat Bogs with regrowing abilities. Raw peat is then stored at the plant ready for processing.
PROCESSING
Taín Eco™ Granular Form:
The raw Taín Eco™ Healing Earth is first put through a shredder to break large pieces to a consistent size.
The bio-mass is then subjected to our proprietary drying process that reduces the moisture content from a horticultural growing medium peat to hydrocarbon absorbing Taín Eco™ with ionic covalent capacities.
After processing, the resulting absorbent product is principally humic fiber, which when Taín Eco™ Healing Earth breaks down last after encapsulation of hydrocarbons, becomes a fertilizer enriching spill sites with greener and healthier vegetation than before the spill.
PROPERTIES
Taín Eco™ Healing Earth powered by Peat Sorb, in its dehydrated form as Taín Eco™ Healing Earth, has additional properties - as a result of its dry cellular structure, Taín Eco™ Healing Earth has a wicking or sponging action that allows it to completely soak up hydrocarbons where water was once stored. The oil or other hydrocarbons are locked within the cells of the Peat Sorb and will not leach out. This is the result of the very large surface area within the modified peat.
Taín Eco™ Healing Earth will float while absorbing water-borne contaminants.Taín Eco™ Healing Earth will absorb and encapsulated a full range of petroleum products from; crude oil to gasoline and has been used to solidify and absorb resins, PCB’s, coal tars, fatty acids and hydrocarbon based inks.
During this time, it will soak up water-borne oil on contact. All oil is absorbed encapsulated within Taín Eco™ Healing Earth. At this point the hydrocarbon where it can do no further harm to the environment, even if it should sink before recovery workers can remove it from the water. Since it is a totally natural product, whether it contains oil or not, can be left in the subject environment without fear of further damage.
The hydrocarbons locked into theTaín Eco™ Healing Earth will biodegrade.The natural microorganisms and humic acid in Peat Sorb contribute to the breakdown of petroleum products. This should be worded as; Petroleum products are complex mixtures that may contain hundreds of different hydrocarbon compounds. Each constituent will affect the behaviour of the product both before and after absorption. In the final analysis however, all hydrocarbons are organic carbon compounds containing only carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. Almost all petroleum hydrocarbons will be degraded to carbon dioxide and water by microbial process within Taín Eco™ Healing Earth within a relatively short time.
The speed with which petroleum products biodegrade is affected by many factors, including oxygen levels, moisture, temperature, acidity, nutrient content and the size and type of natural microbes present. Significant degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in soil has been documented in time periods of less than three months.
Depending upon the nature of the petroleum product more typical time periods for degradation are in the range of six to eighteen months. The hydrocarbons trapped inside Taín Eco™ Healing Earth will degrade to carbon dioxide and water long before the Peat Sorb degrades.
Oil, retained and biodegrading inside non-leachingTaín Eco™ Healing Earth, is a better alternative to free floating oil which can continue to damage fish, plants and wildlife.
Taín Eco™ Healing Earth Advantage
Taín Eco™ Healing Earth is lightweight for easy handling and transportation. Peat Sorb is up to 12 times more effective than clay, depending on the viscosity of the hydrocarbon being absorbed.
One 30 lb bag of Peat Sorb will absorb 30 gallons of oil. To clean up the same 30-gallon spill, you would need at least 400 lbs of clay.
Taín Eco Sorb has the advantage of being non-abrasive. For abrasive wear to happen to machinery it must come into contact with another substance of equal or greater hardness. Taín Eco™ Healing Earth, with a hardness factor of about 1 will not damage steel which has a hardness factor of 5. Clay, a commonly used inorganic sorbent, has a hardness factor exceeding 6 and will damage metal parts and cause rapid deterioration of soft rubber and plastic parts. Taín Eco™ Healing Earth can be used around all types of machinery without fear of damaging expensive equipment.
Most petroleum products are extremely volatile. Effective spill response involves rapid limitation of the exposure pathways to prevent skin contact, inhalation or ingestion. The vapour suppressive and static resistant qualities of Taín Eco™ Healing Earth, in its granular form, are significant safety features for Spill Response crews.
Workers’ health and safety is the top priority when cleaning up spills.Taín Eco Sorb achieves this!
