A slick new solution for cleaning up oil

摘要

A reusable sorbent that captures oil in the water column could revolutionize oil and diesel spill cleanup. Oil spills can result in billions of dollars in losses, and a considerable portion of the cost comes from the effort required to clean up these spills. Existing methods for cleanup are limited in their utility. None are able to capture oil suspended beneath the water surface, and most are nonreusable and unable to reclaim the oil that's lost - factors that bog down response efforts and raise overall costs.