Allonnia, the bio-ingenuity company dedicated to extracting value where others see waste, announces a North American distribution agreement with OPEC Systems, and its US subsidiary EPOC Enviro, for their SAFF Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) remediation technology. Allonnia will be the exclusive distribution partner for SAFF in the US, Canada and Mexico, developing a fleet of SAFF units for lease and sale as well as the capability to perform benchtop treatability studies in their Boston laboratories.
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PFAS are widely used, long lasting chemicals, the components of which break down very slowly over time. Because of their widespread use, release, and disposal over the decades, PFAS show up virtually everywhere: in soil, surface water, the atmosphere, the deep ocean — even the human body and polar bears. A recent industry investigation estimates that approximately 158 million people in the U.S. live within a 5-mile range of a potential PFAS contaminated site.
SAFF is an elegant solution that uses a natural process to efficiently remove 99.9999% of PFAS without the use of chemicals or adsorption media, yielding a low volume, high density PFAS concentrate for destruction. The technology has been deployed successfully on three continents and proven to be highly effective at addressing PFAS contamination at military bases, municipal landfills and industrial sites.
“SAFF is important to Allonnia because it is the most sustainable method available to efficiently remove and concentrate PFAS, and it aligns with our ultimate total solution goal as we continue to develop a PFAS degradation product and real time PFAS biosensor,” said Nicole Richards, CEO, Allonnia. “SAFF can be combined with a degradation technology to provide closed-loop treatment with little to no waste generation.”
SAFF exploits PFAS’ natural hydrophobic/hydrophilic characteristics to capture PFAS molecules with bubbles introduced to contaminated water for extremely efficient removal, incorporating years of engineering development to specifically address these unique PFAS properties. The SAFF proprietary technology unit is mobile and containerized, designed for immediate deployment in the field in a modular, plug-and-play configuration.