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CONGRESO ACADÉMICO

Conferencista: Valentine Nzengung

Título: Green and Sustainable

Remediation of Oil Spills in Sensitive

Amazon Ecosystem



Green and Sustainable Remediation

Spills in Sensitive Amazon Ecos

Presented at

Cumbre Internacional de Medio Ambient

Capitulo Ecuador 2011. Guayaquil, Ec

By



PLANTECO’s Green Technolo

PLANTECO Uses Green Plants, NaturalOccurring Bacteria and AgriculturalWaste products to Cleanup Soils,

Sediment and Water.

PLANT Based Remediation use energyfrom the sun = Phytoremediation

Technologies Tree plantations

Constructed Wetlands, includingfloating wetlands

Riparian Buffers along streams,rivers and coastline Phytoremed

G

Environm



Phytoremediation of Soil and W When eve

fails, natu

provides t

Plants and

working t

toxic chem

air, water

Scientists

successfulto cost-eff

contamina



Phytoremediation technology installed by PLA

cleanup an Oil Spill and protect drinking

Professor Nzengung inspecting the Phytoremediation sys

pipeline spill



Low-Cost Passive Treatment of Surfac

Applications: Eastuaries, Lakes, PondLargest application (15 acres) at Grand Lake St. Mar

Anchored Floating Constructed Treatment W

Solar panel

SolarPowered

Compressor

Anchor Pad

GFlotation Pontoonfor Floating Support Structure

Native Wetland Plants



Constructed Wetlands and Floating W

Low-Cost and Sustainable

Engineered green vegetation

systems for clean-up of lakes,

ponds, industrial andagricultural wastewater, and



PLANTECO’s Green Technolo

PLANTECO Uses Green Plants, NaturalOccurring Bacteria and AgriculturalWaste products to Cleanup Soils,

Sediment and Water.

Bioremediation - Bacteria BasedRemediation

Enhance the work of natural bacteriaby providing suitable nutrients

Nutrients - Agricultural waste mushroom compost

f l

Transportation of Bac



PRP®: Hydrocarbon Spill Response

Patented — all natural product

(virtually 100% beeswax)

Promotes biodegradation utilizing“native” microbial populations

Hydrophobic/oleophilic

Lowers/minimizes volatilization 100% biodegradable

Non-toxic

NASA spin-off technology



United Arab Emirates (UAEUse of PRP Bioremediation Product to Cleanu

Petroleum Spill at Beach



PRP Powder Applied to Oil at Wate



Storm Drain Entrance Before and

Treatment with PRP®



Benefits of Green and Sustaina

Environmental Remediatio Natural bacteria degrade oil without

damaging the habitat

Agricultural products bind and enhancebacteria degradation of oil and promote

re-establishment of vegetation

Riparian buffers consisting of trees,

shrubs and grasses protect oil spills fromreaching valuable water resources.

Also useful as

Shoreline protection Nutrient and sediment filtration



Sources of Petroleum Contamination in

Spills from abandoned wells

Spills from leaking pipelines

Oil mud from exploration

Abandoned equipment



Challenges to cleaning up oil spisensitive and fragile forested eco

• Sensitive habitat

Pristine water resources

and aquatic life

Rich assortment of

vegetation

Rich assortment of animals

• Access

• Weather

• Pests

• Accommodation



Ecosystems/VegetationVery Sensitive Ecosystems requiring gre

Aquatic Ecosystems

Várzeas

igapós Terrestrial ecosystems

Flora and Vegetation

pioneer formations

dense and open tropical

rainforest

steppe - savannah and

secondary vegetation

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Tzapino

Uchococha

ToñampariQuih

Tihuano

R . Z A P I N O

R . T I G U E N O

R. ZAPINO

Healthy Forest ecosystem and



Rich Amazon Biodiversity

Largest Biodiversity Reserve on Earth

More Than Half of all Life Species

Fauna

1.400 fishes

520 amphibians

550 reptiles

1.000 birds

300 mammals

All Species Are Affected By Spilled Oil



On-Site Bioremediation of Oil SpilAmazon





Most of Trees left in place dur

bioremediation



Use of Natural Bacteria to Recover

Mud in Swamp



Scientists and Engineers Take So

Water Samples to Monitor that the is Successful



Evidence that the Bioremediation

Successful



Natural Vegetation Re-establishe

Successful Bioremediation



Conclusions

Proven Green and sustainable

remediation (GSR)

technologies are available to

cleanup the Amazon and other

petroleum waste sites

GSR technologies address the

problem without creating other

environmental problems GSR technologies are cost-

effective solutions

GSR technologies offer the

best solutions that protect ourrich and sensitive habitats



Other PLANTECO Green an

Sustainable Technologies

Microbial Mats (BIOMATS®) for wastewater treatme

Surface Application and Mobilization of Nutrient Am

(SAMNAS®)

Limestone Buffered Organic Substrate (LBOS) for A

Waste remediation



Bioremediation of Contaminated So

Agricultural Waste Suitable compost tilled into

contaminated soil

Water is added to wet soil and

stimulate growth of natural

bacteria and fungi

The Bacteria and fungi grow and

degrade the contaminant

Once contaminants are degraded



Acknowledgements

A Partnership between Ecuador

and United States firms

Ensures Successful Delivery of

Current Projects

PLANTECO’s Partners Cantarida (Ecuador)

Micro-Bac International (USA)

UniRem Inc. (USA)



Contacts

United States

Professor Valentine NzengungPresident & CEO

337 South Milledge Avenue, Suite 227

Athens, Georgia USA

Phone #: 706-316-3525

Cell phone #: 706-202-4296

Email: [email protected]

Ecua

Mr. José V. M

PLANTECO E

Office in Quito. A

y 9 de octubre

Edificio PA-CO 7

PO BOX: 17-07-8

Phones: (593-2) 22233944 – 255

mailto:[email protected]



Thank you very much

We would appreciate your que

and comments



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