If you're not fueling your boat with Straight Vegetable Oil, any fuel you spill is going ot create a big problem. One single quart of oil when spilled can create a slick as large as three football fields of water surface. When oil is spilled, the sheen that it produces often remains on this surface layer, affecting fish, waterfowl and other wildlife. Even the small amount of oil that can get pumped out from a boat with the bilge water can have a profound, harmful effect.

Keep a couple oil-absorbent pads on hand in case you spill and place a bilge sponge in your bilge to remove oil from the water, which can absorb up to a quart of oil or gas. It floats in the bilge and does not absorb water or interfere with pumps or other gear.Once hydrocarbons have been fully absorbed and encapsulated, some products, like the Smart Sponge Bilge Skimmer can be reused as an alternative fuel.