The RESTCo Evaluation Criteria for Spill Recovery and Remediation Products

1. The product is effective at removing oil from the environment

2. Recovered oil is stored in air-tight containment to stop evaporation of volatiles, stop the weathering process and retain value of the recovered oil

3. The product can be deployed quickly to the spill scene (the fire department model; pre-deployed with trained personnel ready to respond)

4. The product minimizes exposure of responders to the oil

5. The product does not increase the level of damage to the environment and human health, short term and long term

6. The product does not convert one environmental problem (spilled oil) into another (air pollution, pollution of the water column and water bottom, large quantities of toxic waste which has to be disposed of at special sites)

7. The product is cost-effective compared to current practice

8. The product contributes to the full remediation of the contaminated site(s)

Better still if the product can recover the spilled product before it weathers and the recovered product can be used subsequently.