Crystal Clean Progresses PFAS Remediation in Midwestern United States

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.- --Crystal Clean, Inc. a leading provider of specialized environmental and waste management solutions to commercial and industrial end-markets, today announced it completed its largest PFAS remediation project to date. The project, utilizing Crystal Clean’s 4never™ solution, successfully treated 1.46 million gallons of PFAS impacted waters over the course of three weeks.

PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, is a group of chemicals known as “forever chemicals” that have been used in a wide range of consumer and industrial products. Research has shown that they have become pervasive in the environment and pose a health risk when accumulated in the body, creating a need to safely manage and remove these contaminants.

The 4never™ solution, which is a turnkey service with a tailored approach to remove PFAS contaminants based on project requirements and goals, operated around the clock with an on-site PFAS processing plant at a confidential industrial site in the midwestern U.S. The on-site PFAS processing plant utilized a set of four SAFF® (Surface Active Foam Fractionation) units, manufactured and exclusively distributed by 4never™ partners EPOC Enviro and Allonnia, to treat a variety of PFAS impacted event and site waters.

The multi-SAFF® processing setup treated the PFAS contaminated waters by separating and concentrating PFAS from the water, reducing the contaminants down to a few gallons a day of PFAS concentrate. The PFAS concentrate was then transported to a Crystal Clean facility for final management and offsite third-party destruction.

“The combination of technologies, expertise, and infrastructure to deliver a complete PFAS remediation solution at this scale is one of the key benefits and a testament to the flexibility of our 4never™ solution,” said Brian Recatto, President & CEO of Crystal Clean. “We are enormously proud to be able to bring this solution to businesses seeking large scale PFAS remediation, addressing what is becoming one of the leading environmental issues of the century in an environmentally responsible way.”

“EPOC Enviro’s patented SAFF® technology has now successfully remediated over 260 million gallons of PFAS impacted waters at more than thirty sites around the globe,” said EPOC Enviro President Peter Murphy. “With the recent release of Maximum Contaminant Levels by the U.S. EPA in relation to drinking waters for six PFAS compounds, as well as CERCLA designation of PFOS and PFOA, having a proven and environmentally friendly method of managing PFAS has never been more relevant.”

Crystal Clean is increasing its PFAS remediation capabilities and expanding the operating capacity of its 4never™ solution at a national scale. Crystal Clean currently operates a PFAS treatment facility in Michigan and has construction plans to add SAFF® treatment capabilities to several of its U.S. based commercial wastewater treatment facilities.