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Gas Station Guide to Cleaning Up Gasoline and Oil Spills

Posted on August 28, 2023September 8, 2023

369 million gallons of finished motor gasoline are consumed every day across the United States. That’s a lot of gas fueling a lot of cars. Fortunately, gas station owners and operators are trained to make

What is the Best Way to Clean Up an Oil Spill?

Posted on August 2, 2023August 2, 2023

Oil Biodegradation versus Bioremediation Biodegradation and bioremediation have been playing pivotal roles in addressing the challenge of oil spill cleanup. However, there’s often a cloud of confusion surrounding the two. It’s important to dispel the

How Do Oil Spills Affect Fish?

Posted on June 26, 2023July 11, 2023

Damaging Impacts to Fish and Their Ecosystems When you imagine the effects of an oil spill on wildlife, you might think of birds with dark, sticky feathers or sea turtles coated in murky gunk from

What Are Hydrocarbons and Why Are They Bad?

Posted on June 23, 2023July 12, 2023

Understanding Hydrocarbons in Daily Life Hydrocarbons may sound as exciting as watching paint dry or sitting through a middle school science class. In fact, the last time you heard the word “hydrocarbons” might have been

Different Types of Oil Spills and How to Respond

Posted on April 26, 2023April 26, 2023

Cleaning up Oil Spills on your Property What do cars, planes, boats, cooking, and heating have in common? The answer is oil. Oil is used or present in many aspects of everyday life. You use

OPG+ is the Team to Rely on in an Oil Spill Emergency

Posted on March 22, 2023May 10, 2023

Containing Oil Spills Quickly Can Make All the Difference There are millions of cars, boats, planes, and trains operating at any given time. And all of those modes of transportation run on a lot of

How Oil Spills Affect Wildlife

Posted on March 15, 2023May 10, 2023

Oil in Today’s World Oil has become a crucial element to the way we live today: it helps us to drive our cars, heat our homes, and generate electricity. It is hard to imagine what

How OPG+ Can Save You Money as a Clean Marina

Posted on January 19, 2023April 13, 2023

The Power of Investing in a Clean Marina Did you know that there are over 5 trillion pieces of plastic waste estimated to be in our oceans? That is a lot of marine litter destroying

Oil Spills Happen: How Car Dealerships Handle Them

Posted on November 30, 2022April 13, 2023

Are you a car dealership? Learn how to keep oil spills at bay with OPG+ Over 3 million cars were sold in the United States last year alone. As many car dealers know, this comes

Setting Up an Aviation Fuel Spill Prevention and Response Plan

Posted on October 21, 2022May 10, 2023

A Natural Solution to Aviation Fuel Spills U.S. airlines used 1.51 billion gallons of fuel in August alone. With the large amount of fuel being consumed, aviation fuel spills are not uncommon and can be

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