Green Ice Melting

Tag Archive: Ice melter

The use of icemelter and protecting our water systems.

It has long been established that the use of rock salt has negative effects on the environment.  In fact there are documented cases of contamination to drinking water and complete destruction of aquatic Eco systems due to excessive salt use. …
Read more

A Spray De-icer that is Green ?

If you are one of those people that has to get up early in the morning to go to work and don’t have the luxury of parking your vehicle indoors in the winter, then you are probably scrapping ice in…
Read more

Which Icemelter to use outside/inside food processing/storage facilities?

Many people are aware that ice builds up outside food processing/storage facilities but; many people may not be aware that there is build up of ice inside as well.  The ice builds up in doorways, doorframes, shelves and even on…
Read more

Icemelter and new concrete (12 months old!)

XYNYTH Icemelters - Safe on Concrete

We came across an article from XYNYTH’s  Icemelt Resource Centre, about Icemelter and new concrete. A question we frequently get is “if Icemelter is safe to apply on new concrete?” The answer is no, as newly poured concrete needs time…
Read more

PET FRIENDLY ICEMELTER THAT IS UREA FREE!

GroundWorks Icemelter is UREA FREE

Urea based ice melts are generally the ones labeled as safe for use around pets. However, with a practical working temperature of around -3.9°C / 25°F, urea is not a very effective ice melting product. Whereas an icemelter such as…
Read more