MANURE-BASED PRODUCTS FOR REMEDIATION OF OIL AND OTHER SPILLS AND FOR HORTICULTURAL USES

Manure is very abundant, with more than 100-fold more animal manure produced than human waste in the US. Most of this is disposed of by land spreading, but soil and water pollution issues make this an expensive operation for large animal producers. Terrenew is developing a series of products that use dairy manure to produce useful products. Among these are OilMaster 7x, a loose bagged dried manure material for oil and other spill pickup; this product is renewable and is expected to replace a material with a large carbon footprint, clay granules. We also are producing pads, sheets, booms and the like for oil removal from solid and water surfaces. This is expected to replace nonrenewable polypropylene sheets for the same uses. We also have a series of horticultural uses for pads. Terrenew expects to need to produce about 1 million pounds of dry manure for its various uses in the coming year, with rapid growth of its products nationwide. This provides an alternative to landspreading for manure, can provide revenue for companies and provides very environmentally products for environmental cleanup and for horticultural purposes.