ArrMaz Earns USDA Certified Biobased Product Label for SandTec® Under the BioPreferred® Program
Mulberry, Fla. (PRWEB) June 15, 2017 -- ArrMaz announced today that it has earned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product label for its SandTec silica dust control proppant coating, which, when applied to frac sand, results in significant reductions in respirable silica dust across the hydraulic fracturing supply chain. The test result for SandTec indicates that its biobased content is an impressive 100%, earning ArrMaz the privilege of displaying a unique USDA label on the product that highlights its biobased content.
The USDA Certified Biobased Product label displays a product's biobased content, which is the portion of a product that comes from a renewable source, such as plant, animal, marine, or forestry feedstocks. Utilizing renewable, biobased materials displaces the need for non-renewable petroleum-based chemicals. Biobased products, through petroleum displacement, have played an increasingly important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that exacerbate global climate change. They are cost-comparative, readily available, and perform as well as or better than their conventional counterparts.
"We are honored to have earned the USDA's approval to use its Certified Biobased Product Label for SandTec," said Paul Williams, VP of Technology and Innovation at ArrMaz. "SandTec's certification under the BioPreferred program demonstrates ArrMaz's commitment to working with the oil and gas sector to innovate environmentally friendly silica dust control solutions for hydraulic fracturing."
"We applaud ArrMaz Products, LP for earning the USDA Certified Biobased Product label," said Kate Lewis, USDA BioPreferred Program. "Products from ArrMaz Products, LP are contributing to an ever expanding marketplace that adds value to renewable agriculture commodities, creates jobs in rural communities, and decreases our reliance on petroleum."
Third-party verification for a product's biobased content is administered through the USDA BioPreferred Program, an initiative created by the 2002 Farm Bill (and most recently expanded by the 2014 Farm Bill). One of the goals of the BioPreferred Program is to increase the development, purchase and use of biobased products.
According to a report that USDA released in 2015, biobased products contributed $369 billion to the U.S. economy in 2013 and support, directly and indirectly, 4 million jobs. The same report found that biobased products also displace approximately 300 million gallons of petroleum per year in the U.S., which is the equivalent of taking 200,000 cars off the road. The increased production of renewable chemicals and biobased products contributes to the development and expansion of the U.S. bioeconomy - where society looks to agriculture for sustainable sources of fuel, energy, chemicals, and materials.
About ArrMaz
ArrMaz is a global leader in the production of specialty chemicals for the mining, fertilizer, asphalt, industrial ammonium nitrate, and oil and gas industries worldwide. Since 1967, ArrMaz has formulated chemical process aids and additives to optimize our customers’ process performance and product quality. With headquarters in Mulberry, Florida and multiple locations across North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, ArrMaz serves customers in more than 70 countries worldwide. For more information about our company and products, visit us online at https://arrmaz.com/.
About the USDA BioPreferred Program and Certified Biobased Product Label
The BioPreferred Program is a USDA-led initiative that assists the development and expansion of markets for biobased products. The BioPreferred Program is transforming the marketplace for biobased products through two initiatives: mandatory purchasing requirements for Federal Agencies and Federal contractors and voluntary product certification and labeling.
Biobased products span a diverse range of applications, such as lubricants, cleaning products, chemicals and bioplastics. The USDA Certified Biobased Product label communicates a product's biobased content.
Expressed as a percentage, biobased content is the ratio of non-fossil organic carbon (new organic carbon) to total organic carbon in a product. New organic carbon is derived from recently-created materials. The total organic carbon in a product consists of new organic carbon and old organic carbon that originates from fossil carbon materials, such as petroleum, coal, or natural gas. Approximately 2,800 products have earned the USDA Certified Biobased Product label as of August 2016. To learn more about the USDA Certified Biobased Product label please visit http://www.biopreferred.gov, and follow on Twitter at http://twitter.com/BioPreferred.
Chris Day, ArrMaz, http://www.arrmaz.com, +1 (863) 578-1206, [email protected]
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