Conducted last year, the study further validates Clean Harbors’ ability to destroy potentially hazardous chemicals like PFOA and PFAS at its Aragonite, Utah, facility.
By Jacob Wallace, Waste Dive
The U.S. EPA last week released the results of a study conducted with Clean Harbors on the effectiveness of destroying PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in a hazardous waste incinerator. The test revealed the incinerator was able to reach destruction efficiencies of between 99.95% and 99.9999% for nine PFAS chemicals.
This is the third PFAS destruction test conducted in coordination with EPA researchers at Clean Harbors’ facility in Aragonite, Utah. The company has been working with the federal agency to demonstrate its ability to safely dispose of the toxic chemicals.
“This is the most comprehensive PFAS incineration test to date and provides valuable data about PFAS incineration,” the team of researchers conducting the study noted in their report, “but is not intended to be a general recommendation of incineration for the treatment of PFAS.”
Clean Harbors has offered PFAS management for clients for several years as they look to get ahead of shifting state and federal regulations concerning the highly persistent chemicals.
The company has declined to share projected revenues from the PFAS destruction business over the last two quarters. However, at the beginning of the year, co-CEO Eric Gerstenberg stated that Clean Harbors’ pipeline of PFAS business grew an estimated 20% each quarter.
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