Secondary Containment and Absorbent Mats

Spills and leaks don’t only pose a hazard to your manufacturing facility. They can also seriously impact the environment. 

When you allow chemicals and other hazardous materials to enter drains, they contaminate the public sewer system and eventually enter the water supply. To meet OSHA and EPA compliance regulations, you need secondary containment measures in place to stop spills from spreading outside your facility.

Absorbent mats pose an affordable and effective solution for secondary containment. 

What Is Secondary Containment? 

Secondary containment is the act of stopping spills from spreading to secondary locations outside your facility, such as drains or bodies of water. Once hazardous chemicals leak out of your facility, they are at risk of entering ponds, streams, and public sewers, contaminating these water supplies and leaving a harsh environmental impact in their wake. 

To prevent this level of contamination, OSHA and the EPA both have secondary containment guidelines for businesses. Meeting these regulations can help your business stay compliant and help you protect the environment. 

Recognize the Necessity of Secondary Containment in Your Facility

Your business needs secondary containment measures for all of the following:

• Materials stored in large drums
• Materials that use tank storage
• Any materials you store in bulk

These guidelines are specifically important for liquids that could harm a person or the environment in any way, including those that are:

• Toxic 
• Flammable
• Combustible
• Reactive
• Corrosive

Implementing secondary containment measures simply means adding another layer of protection to ensure spill containment. Should the material’s primary container fail — such as a barrel becoming cracked and beginning to leak oil — you will already have another barrier in place to prevent the leak from spreading. 

Keep Absorbent Mats on Hand To Prevent Secondary Containment

Prioritizing secondary containment for hazardous materials doesn’t necessarily mean that your facility needs to spend thousands of dollars on secondary storage systems. Absorbent mats provide an affordable and reliable barrier to promote better spill prevention and industrial safety in your facility. 

These mats absorb large volumes of liquids, with many holding up to 55 gallons of water, oil, and other fluids in a single mat. Placing these absorbent mats near your liquid storage can create a barrier to prevent leaks from spreading, acting as a critical component of your secondary containment systems. 

Absorbent mats boast these features for your facility: 

• Eco-friendly construction with 90% recycled materials
• Sticky backing to ensure that they stay in the required areas near your material storage
• Durable construction to provide long-term protection for your facility, even with heavy foot traffic
• Versatile absorption that makes them suitable for a wide range of liquids
• Affordable price tags, allowing you to easily incorporate them into your secondary containment plan

Find Absorbent Mats for Secondary Containment From SupAbsorb Tech

Purchasing absorbent mats is a hassle-free way to bolster your secondary containment systems. At SupAbsorb Tech, we offer a wide range of high-quality, reliable mats that instantly absorb large volumes of liquids. Check out our inventory today, then call (732) 390-5970 for more information.