October 1, 2023
Two Trillion Liters of Toxicity: Can Oil Sands Be Cleaned Up
Two Trillion Liters of Toxicity: Can Oil Sands Be Cleaned Up
October 1, 2023
Volumes of toxic wastewater from Oil Sands continue to accumulate, leading to vast contamination of both air, soil and water bodies. EcoVAP expects its ability to reduce this wastewater volume by >95%, via its biomimicry-based evaporation technology, will prove to be a much lower cost and environmentally friendly means of addressing this rapidly worsening environmental challenge vs. the alternatives mentioned at the end of this article.
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