Environmental Defence Systems is based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, and devised the pioneering FloodSax®, which are all set to replace the traditional sandbags

Floodsax® - the innovative, convenient, easy-to-use alternative to sandbags for flood and spill management. Floodsax stop water in its tracks. The semi-porous inner liner contains hundreds of absorbent crystals which absorb water to 90% capacity in just 3 minutes. Once the water is in there, it stays there and the bags act just like sandbags to keep floods at bay. They are designed so they mould into doorways to keep floodwater out.