Oil spills often result in both immediate and long-term environmental damage. Some of the environmental damage caused by an oil spill can last for decades after the spill occurs. One oil spill damage Beaches, Marshlands and Fragile Aquatic Ecosystems; it also kills birds, fishes and marine mammals.

PEAT SORB can be used as a cleansing agent. It can absorb 8–12 times its own weight and is able to remove or neutralize 95% to 100% of contaminants present in water without any specialized training, and won’t complicate the problem further by being hazardous to handle or difficult to dispose of.

Accepted current processes of purifying water using PEAT SORB as the filter satisfies the stringent pollution control requirements of many well known governmental agencies including the United States Environmental Protection Agency.