Specialist spill kits for emergency uses

Alongside our range of General Purpose spill kits, Oil Only spill kits and Chemical spill kits, we also provide a range of Specialist spill kits that are designed to contain and neutralise spills that are more hazardous and consequently require a more cautious approach.

Body Fluid spill kit

 

The Body Fluid spill kit offers a practical solution for cleaning up unsightly and unpleasant spills. It will absorb and deodorise bodily fluids such as vomit, urine and blood to eliminate the risk of contamination with infectious fluids. This spill kit is ideal for use in health care institutions, schools and hotels and will keep locations fully sanitised.

Mercury spill kit

 

Mercury can be a very harmful element especially when it is released into the air as it can be almost completely absorbed into blood and therefore distributed to all major organs. To provide technicians and workers complete protection when dealing with a Mercury spill we offer a Mercury spill kit that uses an immobilising agent that can suppress emissions of mercury vapour by transforming liquid mercury into a solid amalgam. Further to this, the kit also provides PPE and disposal equipment and can deal with a mercury spill of up to 40ml.

Battery Acid spill kit

 

Spills of lead and sulphuric acid from batteries can pose a serious health risk to workers as well as being a potential environmental hazard. In environments such as warehouses and garages spills of battery acid can be easily be neutralised by having on hand a Battery Acid spill kit. With 12kg of acid neutraliser supplied in one kit you can easily cope with a spill of up 24 litres of acid to ensure the complete safety of employees and employers alike.

All of our spill kits are manufactured to BS 7959, Parts 1, 2 and 3 and ISO 9001:2008 standards.

Specialist spill kits for emergency uses

Prevent Flash Flooding of your property with Land Booms and Absorbent Socks

As the dismal summer continues to wreak havoc across Britain Yellow Shield is offering advice on the methods people can use to protect their home or business from the threat of flash floods.

There are two main ways that you can combat against flash floods. Principally:

Land Boom From £25 including Free Next Day Delivery(ex VAT)*

The Land Boom is the first line of defence when it comes to repelling floodwaters. Essentially a large maintenance sock, each individual Land Boom measures 3 metres in length with a diameter of 20cm and is packed with a highly effective absorbent granule that is made from 100% recycled material. It is heavy filled to keep the Boom firmly in place in the event of a flash flood, and as exposure to the flood prolongs, the weight of the boom increases to further augment its stability. Land Booms are designed to be as flexible as possible allowing you to position it wherever it is required should torrential rain occur. It can be shaped around the corners of buildings, or underneath gates and can be overlapped so that you can completely encircle your home or business and provide protection from flooding. Each individual boom can absorb a total of 12.5 litres of water before it will become saturated and need replacing but when compared to the amount it would cost to restore normality after a flood, the Land Boom is a low cost flood protection solution.

General Absorbent Socks From £25.95 including Free Next Day Delivery(ex VAT)*

A secondary method you can employ to resist water from entering your property is by deploying General Absorbent Socks. Strategically placing them around the bottoms of doors and windows they can be used as an absorbent barrier to block any potential leakages that may occur during heavy driving rain. Our standard absorbent socks measure 1.2 metres in length by 8cm in diameter. Each sock is capable of absorbing 5 litres of liquid making them highly effective and economically sound leak prevention absorbents.

As the tempestuous weather continues unabated, solutions for effective flood prevention are being provided at www.yellowshield.co.uk.

* Delivery surcharges may apply in certian areas click here for detail

Prevent Flash Flooding of your property with Land Booms and Absorbent Socks

Lack of spill prevention readiness puts a freeze on Shell's Arctic exploration

The Arctic’s pristine landscape

Shell has announced this week that they have been forced to abandon exploratory drilling in Arctic for 2012. This follows the breakdown of a piece of oil recovery equipment known as the ‘containment cap’. The ‘cap’ is necessary in retrieving spilled oil for transfer to another ship in the eventuality of a spill.

So far Shell has been beset by problems in their attempts to explore the vast oil reserves that are believed to be stored beneath the Arctic seafloor. In June of this year they had to appeal to the American Environmental Protection Agency for an increase in the amount emissions allowed for both nitrogen oxides and ammonia.

Their drillship, the Noble Discoverer, was not capable of keeping emissions below the regulated threshold and so a 12 month revision was granted that allowed Shell to carry on drilling. In addition to these problems Shell’s oil-spill response ship, the Arctic Challenger took longer than anticipated to be ready for the Arctic and severe conditions and heavy ice through the summer have also hampered data collection efforts.

Now this week the MP led Environmental Audit Committee has called for a moratorium on all drilling in the Arctic amid fears that the plans in place to deal with any oil spill are insufficient. The main concerns surround the lack of infrastructure that would be needed in the Arctic to tackle a spill. In the report the committee have put forward ideas for the creation of an Arctic standard spill response as well as an Arctic environmental sanctuary.

It is likely Shell will contest the issues the committee has highlighted. Recently they made MP’s aware that if an oil spill was to occur then their spill containment equipment boasted “a combined capacity that exceeds the worst –case discharge potential of the well we are drilling”.

Shell plan to commence drilling again in the summer of 2013 but the potential for oil spills in a pristine environment will be an unresolved issue for many years to come.

Lack of spill prevention readiness puts a freeze on Shell's Arctic exploration

Offer on Red 360 Litre Wheelie Bins

At Yellow Shield, whenever we make significant savings on a certain product, then we are always more than happy to pass these savings on to customers. That’s why for one week only, we are offering a 12.5% discount on our stock of Red 360 Litre Wheelie Bins, reducing the price to £52.50 excluding VAT and delivery.

Whether for use at home or in a commercial setting, the Red 360 Litre Wheelie Bin is versatile and adaptable for both environments, proving a complete solution for all your waste disposal needs. The 360 Litre Bin operates in precisely the same way as the standard 240 Litre Wheelie Bins that local councils provide around the country for domestic use, only providing more volume for waste storage and the same high level of mobility even when it is fully loaded.

Made from a High Density Polyethylene, these bins are resistant to all types of extreme weather (even a British summer), and are durable with tough rubber wheels and tolerant of high temperatures.

All our wheelie bins are easy to maintain and clean, and we also provide a whole host of maintenance products such as Wheelie Bin Cleaner and Bin Buddy.

To order your specially priced Red 360 Litre Wheelie Bin click here.

Offer on Red 360 Litre Wheelie Bins

The Lasting Effects of the Industrial Revolution of the UK's Rivers.

 

The ochre coloured waters of the Rheidol are now a thing of the past.

Despite its inception being over 300 years ago, the impact of the Industrial Revolution can still be seen on the UK’s environment, and in particular, its waterways.

According to experts the UK still faces many problems with metals from abandoned mines seeping into waterways, causing drinking water to become contaminated and rivers to face the ongoing threat of pollution.

Nowadays, there are stringent regulations on how a business must deal with the waste that they produce, and the Environment Agency Pollution Prevention Guidelines are the reference by which the issue is policed. However, mines that were abandoned prior to 1999, do not fall under that same strict guidelines that are attributable to mines that became disused after that time.

As a consequence up to 2,000 miles of waterways have become badly polluted by the metals that have leaked out of the mines and into rivers. Known as Acid Mine Drainage, this form of pollution is now becoming a real problem within the UK.

As recently as last year the Environment Agency began an operation to clean up the River Rheidol in Wales. Instead of employing traditional methods of cleaning rivers, such as absorbent booms, they used a ground breaking filter comprised of compost, limestone and cockle shells and were able to reduce the levels of pollution in the river dramatically. The Environment Agency hopes to use this method across Wales to clean 125 miles of rivers to achieve, “good ecological status” by 2015.

Paul Edwards from the Environment Agency commented that:

“if the scheme at Rheidol was implemented at full scale, …up to 98 tonnes of harmful metals could be prevented from entering the river each year.”

If the operations continue to prove successful, it is likely that this method will be rolled out across the UK.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

The Lasting Effects of the Industrial Revolution of the UK's Rivers.