Cleantech startup Log 9 supplies oil sorbent pads to aid oil spill clean-up in Mauritius
Mumbai-headquartered clean-tech startup Log 9 Spill Containment Pvt Ltd on Saturday said it supplied oil absorbent pads ‘Sorbene’ to clean up a major oil spill off the coast of island nation Mauritius. A Japanese-firm owned bulk carrier vessel ‘MV Wakashio’ ran aground on a reef at Pointe d’Esny along Mauritius’ south-eastern coastal region on July 25, spilling more than 1,000 tonnes of oil into the Indian Ocean. The spill sparked off fears of an ecological catastrophe.
The Mauritian government has declared a state of ‘environmental emergency’ in the country after the spill threatened flora and fauna of nearby wetlands and the centuries-old live corals, the company said in a statement.
