How are the oily booms disposed of?
These booms are generally deployed by municipalities and harbors that have hazardous waste disposal plans in place. What we have been told is most of the Deep Water Oil Spill hazardous waste is being landfilled in specially lined hazardous waste landfills in the Gulf states, although some waste may be incinerated. Because of the dispersants, we do not know of any significant amounts of this waste used in composting experiments, although we have hopes. The 1,000,000+ gallons of dispersant Corexit contains 2-Butoxyethanol which we’ll let you Google. The EPA banned the spraying of Corexit dispersant May 19th 2010, however it is still being sprayed as it is considered by some to be a lesser of 2 evils to sink the oil. More oil all over the beaches and marshes might be the alternative. Officially, for any materials soiled as a result of the BP oil spill, please contact this number 1 866 448 5816, provide nearest address and if possible GPS location and Deepwater Horizon personnel will respo
