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Mineralization of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A comprehensive review of destruction technologies
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29 Jun 2026 | Sep. Purif. Technol.
Complete PFAS mineralization into fluoride, CO₂, and other inorganic end products should be the goal of destruction technologies, rather than degradation methods that can leave harmful PFAS intermediates behind.
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Reworld focuses on PFAS destruction
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11 Jun 2026 | Waste Today
Reworld says test campaigns showed its thermomechanical treatment facilities process, which takes place at temperatures above 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, resulted in 99 percent destruction and removal of PFAS at a processing capacity scale more than 17 times greater than that found in the specialty hazardous waste sector.
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Establishing evidence-based standards for PFAS destruction pathway claims
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11 Jun 2026 | ES&T Engineering
Researchers propose an evidenced-based framework for PFAS destruction studies to avoid overclaiming by matching conclusions to the strength of the supporting data.
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Minnesota’s MSW incinerators effectively destroy PFAS, study finds
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1 Jun 2026 | Waste Drive
Combustion facilities in Minnesota turning municipal solid waste into energy and ash appear to be destroying somewhere between 99.6% and 99.97% of per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds, according to a study commissioned by the Minnesota Resource Recovery Association.
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Colorado School of Mines launches $7M research center to evaluate PFAS destruction technologies
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6 May 2026 | Mines Newsroom
“With increasing regulatory pressure and widespread impacts at and from PFAS release sites, including those on military installations, the need for reliable, scalable and cost-effective remediation strategies has never been more urgent,” said principal investigator Chris Higgins.
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Open dumps as a critical source of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in agricultural soils of Pakistan: Evidence of trifluoroacetic acid dominance
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14 Feb 2026 | Environ Pollut
Open dumps may function as long-term reservoirs of PFAS in nearby agricultural soils, with short-chain compounds such as trifluoroacetic acid dominating contamination and urban areas showing higher burdens.
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Air emissions during destruction of PFAS-containing materials
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15 Jan 2026 | Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
PFAS destruction technologies may still release airborne fluorinated byproducts during treatment, suggesting that commonly used efficiency metrics alone may underestimate environmental and health risks.
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Formation of perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs) from the incomplete thermal decomposition of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA
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16 Dec 2025 | ACS ES&T Air
PFOS and PFOA thermal treatment may consistently produce multiple perfluorocarboxylic acids and volatile fluorinated byproducts at suboptimal temperatures despite near-complete parent destruction, highlighting potential emissions concerns and uncertainties about the specific formation pathways.
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Nationwide occurrence and flux estimates of PFAS in leachate from waste-to-energy sector: An emerging reservoir linked to short-term waste storage
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25 Nov 2025 | Water Res
Chinese municipal solid waste incinerators leachates may act as a concentrated source of short-chain PFAS, particularly PFBA and PFBS, although membrane treatment removes most PFAS, the persistence or even increase of compounds like GenX suggests potential limitations that are important for environmental monitoring and policy decisions.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in municipal solid waste incineration ash: occurrence and management implications
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9 Nov 2025 | Waste Manag
Municipal solid waste incineration ash from four Florida facilities contained measurable PFAS, with bottom ash showing higher levels dominated by diPAP precursors while fly ash held mostly short-chain PFAAs. These results highlight the need for stack and leaching tests as well as establishment of thresholds for some relevant PFAS to properly assess the risks of municipal solid waste incineration and ash reuse.
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Clean Harbors’ PFAS Incineration Study Demonstrates Successful Destruction of "Forever Chemicals" that Surpasses Latest EPA Standards
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18 Sep 2025 | Yahoo!Finance
Clean Harbors’ PFAS Incineration Study Demonstrates Successful Destruction of "Forever Chemicals" that Surpasses Latest EPA Standards Clean Harbors’ high-temperature combustion process – ranging from 2,000-2,200 degrees Fahrenheit – was reported to achieve the US EPA standards.
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How to destroy harmful 'forever chemicals'
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18 Aug 2025 | BBC
Currently, concentrated PFAS waste is either put in long-term storage which is expensive, or incinerated (often incompletely, leading to toxic emissions), or sent to landfills for hazardous waste.
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Smoldering treatment of PFAS: Investigation of mass balance and volumetric scale up for field implementatio
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8 Jul 2025 | ACS Omega
Engineers have conducted a proof-of-concept study to show that a self-sustaining “smoldering” treatment, enhanced with calcium oxide, can scale from lab columns to 10 m³ soil piles and destroy >99.9 % of PFAS while trapping the released fluorine as benign calcium fluoride, pointing to an energy-efficient, potentially field-ready solution for cleaning contaminated fire-training sites.
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Characterization of PFAS Residuals: A Case Study on PFAS Content in a Firefighting Foam Delivery System of an Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Vehicle
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24 Dec 2024 | Chemosphere
Residual PFAS contamination in firefighting foam systems, even after rinsing, highlights the need for targeted replacement of critical components as brass and rubber parts retain the highest contamination levels.
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Pentagon seeking to incinerate 'forever chemicals' at plant on Ohio River
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21 Nov 2024 | WTAE
The East Liverpool site is one of two incinerators nationwide where the Pentagon is hoping to ship thousands of pounds of PFAS, also known as forever chemicals.