Informational Webinar: Innovative Ways to Destroy PFAS Challenge
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About this Event
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Register for this informational webinar to learn more about how you can submit a proposal for this challenge. The webinar will include an overview of the challenge and a question and answer session for webinar participants.
Learn more about the Innovative Ways to Destroy PFAS Challenge: https://www.epa.gov/innovation/innovative-ways-destroy-pfas-challenge
Background
EPA is partnering with the U.S. Department of Defense’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP); the Environmental Council of States (ECOS) and the Environmental Research Institute of the States (ERIS); Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes & Energy; and Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, to co-sponsor a technical challenge regarding the destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The challenge asks solvers to submit detailed plans for a non-incineration way of destroying PFAS in concentrated film forming foam (AFFF), while creating the least amount of potentially harmful byproducts.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of synthetic chemicals that have been widely used for more than 60 years to make plastics, firefighting foams, and lubricants, and to help make products stain-resistant, waterproof, and nonstick. Addressing and managing PFAS in the environment is one of the most pressing issues facing EPA, states and regions.
