Cell-U-Sorb® - Product Cost Comparison of Cell-U-Sorb® to Other Sorbents

Gator Product	Industries	Primary Application	Gator Feature	Gator Benefit	Competitive Products	Gator Advantage
Cell-U-Sorb	Ports- fueling spills	Spills on Water	All natural	Highly price competitive	SPC	Less messy
			Encapsulates	Cost effective	Erogon	Absorbs vs. adsorbs
			Reduces VOC’s	Reduces generated waste	3M	Cost effective
	Mills- spills on ponds		Highly absorbent	Reduces disposal costs	Absorbent W	More absorbent
	Spill response company		Dispose by incineration		Sphag Sorb	Non-abrasive
	Open water spills		Biodegradable		Stardust
	Filter medium		Manufactured from recycled product		New Pig Products

Comparison to a Competitive Product, Sphag Sorb

Cell-U-Sorb® was compared to "Sphag Sorb", a peat moss-based product, for effectiveness as an environmentally safe all-purpose sorbent. Cell-U-Sorb® performed equal to or better than Sphag Sorb in every beneficial characteristic listed for Sphag Sorb. Cell-U-Sorb® is non-toxic, non-leaching, non-abrasive, lightweight, and biodegradable. It can be incinerated with minimal ash. The most outstanding characteristic for Cell-U-Sorb ® is its cost effectiveness. To illustrate this effectiveness the following test was performed.

Equal quantities of Cell-U-Sorb® and Sphag Sorb were completely saturated with diesel fuel and allowed to stand for 10 minutes. The excess diesel was poured off and the saturated absorbent was placed on a pad for one hour. The samples were weighed to determine maximum absorption. This test was repeated using 30-weight motor oil to demonstrate effectiveness with heavier oil.

Results:

	lb./lb. Diesel	lb./lb. 30 weight oil
Cell-U-Sorb®	12	13
Sphag Sorb	5	6

Cell-U-Sorb® out performed Sphag Sorb two to one and is more desirable when disposal costs and other advantages are considered.

Cell-U-Sorb® reduces problems with spills because it absorbs hydrocarbons from water cleaner and more efficiently than any other product available.