Pollution prevention products

The company, which has depots in Kilkenny City and Wexford and its head office in Urlingford, stocks Green Rhino products, including spill kits, filters and a special form of drip tray.

In recognition of the growing need for environmental products in Ireland, Matty Walsh, MD has established sister company MW Environmental and has set up www.mw-environmental.com to allow customers to purchase Green Rhino products online.

The range includes spill kits of various sizes, filters for use with mobile water pumps when pumping and dewatering trenches, manholes, bunds or excavations. They remove contaminants that could otherwise pollute navigable water or drainage systems, helping organisations avoid possible prosecutions and financial penalties.

The filters range extends from the Budget Sediment Filter, an entry level unit, to the Oil and Sediment Filter, a multiple use filter which retains 20kg of sediment, 2.5L of oil and removes sediment and oil sheen down to 100 microns.

Several of MW Hire’s environmental products incorporate special polymer technology, offering a high tech yet cost-effective solution to pollution prevention. The flagship of the range is the EnviroPad which presents a state-of-the-art method of spill containment. Designed to replace traditional drip trays and absorbent products when using or storing plant or tools, the EnviroPad incorporates polymers which transform hydrocarbons such as oil, diesel and petrol into a rubber-like solid within minutes. It ‘locks in’ hydrocarbons into the polymer, reducing the risk of pollution entering the environment, and is available in three sizes.