A new type of glass could help with the oil spill

In Wooster, Ohio a company has invented a new class of chemistry. The company built a machine that they say will help clean up oil spills. The idea the company came up with was glass. Spoonamore, the CEO of ABS materials said they grow designer glass or nano-glass. One glass they tried to grow ended up changing shapes in the labs. They made a glass they had never seen before, a glass that absorbed toxic waste. They named the glass, Osorb. With Osorb and the right machinery, Spoonamore said, ABS can clean up drinking water, toxic spills, even oil spills. It cleans the water and saves the oil at 100 gallons per minute. ABS was hired by BP to help with the oil spill, but ran into some trouble. According to Spoonamore, ABS was not granted a spot to park the unit. In the meantime ABS is cleaning other masses across the country. As for the unit designed to help clean up the Gulf of Mexico, Spoonamore said, "If someone asks us, we're there in 48 hours."