Experts gather to discuss remediation options for PFAS | Antwerp
AntwerpPFAS assignment holder Karl Vrancken organized a workshop on Thursday, together with the University of Antwerp and OVAM, among others, on innovative remediation options for PFAS hotspots. The initiative will lead to a solution for the PFAS contamination at the Oosterweelwerf and other polluted locations in Flanders. This is urgently needed, because according to Vrancken, “the current remediation capacities are not foreseen for the growing ones.”
“Reducing the use of PFAS-containing products remains the best influence,” the panel said. “But there are other options: sieving and washing, letting plants absorb the PFAS, stabilizing the contamination, or leaching and destroying the PFAS in the soil.”
Sieving and washing the soil is the most commonly used remediation technique in Flanders. In the meantime, the Flemish universities are developing new ways of cleaning the soil, some of which are still in the pilot phase.
The current soil washing installations in Flanders can be properly scaled up in capacity, but “the current soil washing installations in Flanders can be scaled up well in capacity, but “the current soil washing installations in Flanders can be scaled up well in capacity, but”, according to the panel. “Certainly Tuesday’s Council of State on the Oosterweelwerf will have a significant impact on the amount to be remediated.”
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