Reworld Launches PFAS Destruction Service

Reworld has introduced ReAssure, a PFAS destruction service with approximately 17 million tons of processing capacity across major US markets. The service uses the company’s Thermomechanical Treatment Facilities, which process waste above 1,100°C, or 2,012°F, and have recorded 99% PFAS destruction and removal in testing. Reworld says its TTF capacity is more than 17 times larger than hazardous waste incineration capacity. ReAssure also connects more than 50 material processing facilities with wastewater treatment, logistics, and documented chain-of-custody services for municipal, commercial, and industrial waste streams.

Full Scale PFAS Processing

ReAssure is designed to accept PFAS-containing products, residuals, and mixed materials. Reworld’s material processing facilities prepare non-bulk waste for shipment to its thermal facilities, extending access across regions and waste types.

The company’s approach combines the three established conditions for thermal destruction, time, turbulence, and temperature, with turnkey management and traceability from pickup through final destruction. Reworld says its facilities can manage PFAS-containing liquids and solids, as well as spent carbon, filter media, treatment residues, and other resulting byproducts.

Azeez Mohammed, President and CEO at Reworld, said:

“To effectively solve the problem, PFAS cannot be contained, stored or managed indefinitely; they must be destroyed. Every other strategy is a temporary measure that shifts a growing liability into the future. ReAssure is an effective, reliable solution that ends the cycle permanently and verifiably by processing and destroying PFAS in a wide variety of waste streams at scale. At Reworld, PFAS destruction is one of our superpowers, helping protect communities and the environment from persistent contaminants.”

Testing At Thermal Facilities

Testing programs at Reworld facilities in Pennsylvania and Minnesota found PFAS compounds were generally non-detectable or present at very low concentrations in stack emissions, the company said. It reported that results were well below ambient air quality standards and that removal efficiencies were 99% or higher, based on published PFAS ranges in the waste stream.

A report on collaborative testing with the US Environmental Protection Agency is expected. Reworld’s facilities recover energy while providing controlled destruction for PFAS and other complex compounds, according to the release.

Alternative To Landfill Storage

PFAS has been used in tens of thousands of products since the 1930s and is often referred to as “forever chemicals” because of its persistence. The release cites the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry’s finding that nearly all people in the United States have PFAS in their blood, based on CDC tests dating back to 1999.

Reworld positioned thermal destruction as an alternative to landfill storage, where rainwater can produce PFAS-containing leachate that may be sent to treatment plants without systems designed to manage the compounds. Recent peer-reviewed research also indicates PFAS can be released through landfill gas emissions.

Azeez Mohammed, President and CEO at Reworld, continued:

“We are not in the business of transferring PFAS from one liability to another. Our infrastructure is built to break the chain at scale.”

Treatment Residuals And Wastewater

The service targets a waste-management gap created as PFAS is captured and concentrated in landfill leachate, biosolids, sludges, and treatment residuals. Landfill operators and publicly owned treatment works can use Reworld’s network to route PFAS-containing liquids, spent carbon, and other treatment byproducts to thermal destruction facilities.

For wastewater operators, the company said this provides a route for handling liquids and managing residual materials after activated-carbon treatment. The offering is intended to support documented handling through to final destruction rather than long-term storage.