55 Gallon Drums with Barrel Linings

Fifty-five gallon drums often leak and become environmental hazards, but it does not have to happen in this way. I propose using the interior plastic CDF style liners which will be a ceramic coating on the both interior and exterior of the molded lining. The 55-gallon drums will also be coated with ceramic coating.

This way the drums will last 50-100 years out in the open as they will not rust from the outside and the liner of glass coated plastic will hold in the liquid without leaking. Imagine the benefits of this to our ground water supplies.

Dumped 55-gallon drums have been one of the largest issues of soil and ground water contamination. Often old contaminated fuel, hydraulic fluids, pesticides and chemicals have been dumped in the middle of fields. The biggest problem is that even diesel fuel; one gallon can pollute 1 million gallons of fresh water. Humans or farm animals can develop diseases quite easily from such things.

If we use liners and special coatings, we can insure that such barrels several decades longer and this will prevent their leakage. Such a concept would help military bases from becoming SuperFund sites and also those criminals who dump drums or whatever, where ever they think they might get away with it. Something to think on?

Lance Winslow III