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What is the best solution of minor acid spillage

I am seeking a best way to clear up minor acid spillage over the ground, my current practice is using soda ash to neutralize the spillage acid, but problem by using this way is it will created sludge after the job?then I have to find way to dispose this sludge, is it by using sponge will be better? please advise, thanks
p/s acid con is about 25%r

Lian Chin Zeng
scheduled waste recovery plant - Malaysia
2006

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The best solution is to use plastic containment anywhere that liquid chemicals are used where they could get into the environment.

But when you have a spill, you need to neutralize in some way.

Terry Tomt
- Auburn, Washington
2006

By the time it reaches the floor it's contaminated, so if the spill is minor, it is not worth trying to reclaim it. Keep with your neutralizing practice or absorb with mops, rags, etc. and rinse them over a neutralizing tank and dispose according to regulations.

Guillermo Marrufo
Monterrey, NL, Mexico
2006