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PFAS & PFOAS

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A Sustainability Talks Video Series
A Sustainability Talks Video Series featuring waste, recycling, and sustainability experts who have stories to tell around building more sustainable business systems and world.
Highlights
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What is PFAS & How Do We Treat It? - Part 1 (WasteExpo 2021)
Jul 22, 2021
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been produced in the U.S. since the 1940s and are used in a wide variety of products and applications. PFAS are persistent in the environment and resistant to environmental degradation. The potential...
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An In-Depth Update on PFAS
Jul 07, 2021
Federal and especially state regulatory attention on PFAS is increasing, with dozens of states having some policy in place. Meanwhile a lot more science is needed to understand these compounds’ potential environmental and health impacts. And...
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The Science of PFAS: Finding Strength in the Single Bond
May 13, 2021
To date, the large variation in the properties of PFAS compounds make it difficult to have a concrete understanding of exactly how they will behave coupled with the difficulty of being able to track and understand the over 4,600 PFAS compounds...
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Part 2: Curtain Call for Early PFAS Compound
May 07, 2021
PFAS continued to be widely used in the 1990s and early 2000s. But in the 2006, the US EPA invited the major leading companies producing PFAS to join a global stewardship program to achieve a 95% reduction of PFOA by 2010, and then a complete...
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Part 1: The Beginning of PFAS
May 06, 2021
PFAS were first introduced into manufacturing in the 1930s and have been produced since the mid-20th century. They’re in many products we use every day, including food packaging, outdoor gear, popcorn bags, food wrappers, facial moisturizers...
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