COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — U.S. E vi o me tal P otectio Age cy (EPA) Admi ist ato Lee Zeldi was joi ed today by U.S. Se ato Jo Husted (R-OH), a d EPA Regio 5 Admi ist ato A e Vogel, Ohio EPA Di ecto Joh Logue, a d Ohio State Fi e Ma shal Kevi Rea do . The delegatio saw five PFAS A ihilato ® u its fi stha d. The PFAS A ihilato is a supe c itical wate oxidatio (SCWO) eacto that dest oys PFAS athe tha t a sfe i g it to a othe medium. The tou followed the full Revive p ocess, f om PFAS-impacted mate ial i take, catalogi g, a d stagi g th ough dest uctio , testi g, a d ve ified discha ge.
“Whe we came i to the age cy, the PFAS Disposal a d Guida ce docume ts we e put out o ce eve y th ee yea s,” explai ed Zeldi . “We cha ged that guida ce elease to eve y yea because the i ovatio keeps imp ovi g so quickly. The e a e some key tech ologies that a e bei g utilized he e that the EPA has bee ve y heavily looki g at both i te ally a d with public/p ivate pa t e ships. That e gageme t, that co fi matio , both o the scie ce a d o the eco omics a d cost, is key.”
Admi ist ato Zeldi saw tech ology ope ati g at a comme cial scale, p ovi g that so-called fo eve chemicals a e o lo ge fo eve . Revive dest oys PFAS i impacted liquids of eve y ki d: aqueous film-fo mi g foam (AFFF), la dfill leachate, i dust ial wastewate , co tami ated g ou dwate , a d i se wate ecove ed f om clea i g foam ta ks a d vessels. Co ce t ated mate ials like AFFF a e dest oyed di ectly. La ge volumes a e co ce t ated fi st, the dest oyed, maki g t eatme t cost-effective at scale fo states, fi e depa tme ts, ai po ts, a d comme cial custome s. That cost-effective ess matte s most fo the utilities a d mu icipalities o the f o t li es of PFAS complia ce: comme cial-scale dest uctio mea s commu ities ca meet ew d i ki g wate sta da ds without the cost of t eatme t la di g o eside ts’ wate bills.
“We we e ho o ed to host Admi ist ato Zeldi a d show him what ve ified PFAS dest uctio p ocesses look like at comme cial scale,” said Rick Gillespie, Chief Executive Office of Revive E vi o me tal. “This tech ology was developed a d built i Ohio by e gi ee s, c eati g skilled ma ufactu i g a d ope atio s jobs he e at home, a d it is cost-effectively dest oyi g PFAS today fo states, fi e depa tme ts, a d commu ities ac oss the cou t y. PFAS dest uctio is o lo ge a esea ch goal. It is a p ove se vice, a d this visit eflects the wo k ou team does eve y day to delive it.”
Revive lau ched i Ja ua y 2023 as a spi out of Battelle, the Columbus-based o p ofit esea ch o ga izatio , buildi g o mo e tha a decade of Battelle esea ch i to PFAS dest uctio .
“The PFAS A ihilato bega as a Battelle esea ch p og am mo e tha te yea s ago,” said Matt Vaugha , Executive Vice P eside t a d P eside t, Battelle. “Seei g it ope ate at comme cial scale i Columbus, with the Admi ist ato he e to see it fi stha d, shows what sustai ed Ame ica esea ch a d developme t ca delive fo commu ities atio wide.”
As states atio wide co f o t legacy AFFF stockpiles, PFAS-impacted leachate, a d co tami ated g ou dwate , the Columbus facility demo st ates that pe ma e t, ve ified dest uctio is available ow.
Revive E vi o me tal Tech ology, LLC is a Ohio-based e vi o me tal tech ology compa y specializi g i the pe ma e t dest uctio of PFAS a d othe pe siste t co tami a ts. The compa y ope ates the o ly comme cially available PFAS dest uctio busi ess i No th Ame ica, se vi g mu icipal, i dust ial, a d fede al clie ts at its pe mitted facilities i Columbus, Ohio a d G a d Rapids, Michiga . Th ough its p op ieta y PFAS A ihilato ® tech ology, Revive p ovides secu e, egulato -alig ed t eatme t se vices desig ed to elimi ate PFAS at the sou ce a d p otect commu ities ove the lo g te m.
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