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EPA Chief Zeldin Tours First Commercial PFAS Destruction Facility
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin toured Revive Environmental's Columbus facility, the first commercial PFAS destruction site in the U.S., as the agency shifts to annual PFAS guidance updates.
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin visited Revive Environmental's Columbus headquarters on Tuesday, touring the nation's first commercial-scale PFAS destruction facility. The visit spotlighted technology that destroys so-called forever chemicals in liquids ranging from firefighting foam to landfill leachate and industrial wastewater.
"When we came into the agency, the PFAS Disposal and Guidance documents were put out once every three years," Zeldin said during the tour. "We changed that guidance release to every year because the innovation keeps improving so quickly."
Zeldin saw Revive's PFAS Annihilator technology operating at commercial scale. The process destroys concentrated materials like aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) directly. Larger volumes are concentrated first, then destroyed, a sequence that makes treatment cost-effective for states, fire departments, airports, and commercial customers. The cost structure matters most for utilities and municipalities facing new drinking water standards: commercial-scale destruction means communities can meet compliance without the cost landing on residents' water bills.
Revive launched in January 2023 as a spinout of Battelle, the Columbus-based nonprofit research organization. The technology builds on more than a decade of Battelle research into PFAS destruction.