In recent commercial optimisation runs with leading industrial manufacturers, ClarosTechUV™ destroyed up to 99.99% of target PFAS compounds – including long, short, and ultra-short chains, treating hundreds of thousands of gallons of process water.
In an industry facing increasingly severe regulatory pressure on PFAS – or ‘forever chemicals’ – conventional ‘capture and contain’ technologies fall short. Granular activated carbon (GAC), ion-exchange resins, membranes, and adsorbents can remove PFAS from effluent – but they do nothing to eliminate the problem. They simply move it downstream, creating PFAS concentrates that require disposal, incineration, or special handling, often at significant cost.
As disposal restrictions tighten and regulatory scrutiny increases, the true cost of containment becomes untenable. What’s required is destruction – not capture.
The industry is shifting from PFAS treatment to PFAS elimination
Why destruction matters:
- Captured PFAS becomes waste that must be disposed of.
- Disposal options are limited, and costs are rising.
- Destruction eliminates waste before it leaves the facility.
Using a proprietary UV-photochemical process, ClarosTechUV™ integrates with a wide range of industrial flow conditions – from lower-volume process streams to high-flow applications – and is built to scale as treatment needs evolve. The system is engineered for real-world industrial wastewater rather than lab simulations, with performance validated under representative manufacturing wastewater conditions.
Key system advantages:
- Permanently destroys up to 99.99% of target PFAS compounds – including long, short, and ultra-short chains.
- Commercial-scale operation across industrial flow conditions.
- Low operating cost relative to capture/disposal cycles.
- Ambient temperature and pressure operation with a compact footprint.
ClarosTechUV™ meets the needs of manufacturers and other industrial operators seeking PFAS elimination at source – before effluent enters broader wastewater or disposal streams.
How ClarosTechUV™ works
Rather than transferring PFAS into secondary waste, ClarosTechUV™ breaks PFAS molecules apart using a patented UV photochemical system. This treatment occurs at scale in high-flow wastewater systems, enabling facilities to handle large volumes efficiently.
Where it fits in industrial wastewater workflows
ClarosTechUV™ integrates seamlessly into industrial wastewater treatment systems. It can directly treat PFAS-laden effluent from manufacturing and chemical processing, operate as a pre-treatment step upstream of other processes, or replace capture-and-disposal cycles that generate recurring waste. In each case, it offers a scalable alternative to approaches that rely on transport, regeneration, incineration, or long-term waste handling.
Compared with conventional PFAS capture technologies, treatment trains incorporating ClarosTechUV™ avoid producing concentrated PFAS waste streams that require downstream disposal. This supports risk mitigation related to regulatory compliance, scrutiny, and potential litigation.
ClarosLabs™ verified PFAS destruction: Analytics that establish confidence
Effective PFAS destruction requires reliable measurement, not assumptions. The absence of PFAS in effluent must be demonstrated with robust, high-resolution analytics – especially for short- and ultra-short chain species that often evade standard testing.
ClarosLabs™ supports ClarosTechUV™ deployment with comprehensive analytical services. They detect and quantify PFAS before treatment, and confirm destruction after treatment, across a broad PFAS compound range. This establishes a defensible record for regulatory compliance and internal risk management.
ClarosLabs™ analytical coverage includes:
- Quantitative measurement of 40+ PFAS compounds across long, short, and ultra-short chains.
- Screening for a wider universe of 9,000+ PFAS chemicals.
- Sophisticated detection workflows such as Combustion Ion Chromatography (CIC) for total organofluorine (TOF) measurement, high-resolution mass spectrometry, and other regulatory-grade methods.
ClarosLabs™ provides defensible PFAS elimination verification. This evidence-based approach ensures downstream stakeholders, regulators, and compliance teams can trust that PFAS are destroyed, not just shifted.
Commercial and regulatory advantages of on-site destruction
Eliminate disposal dependency and reduce recurring costs
For many industrial operations, PFAS management isn’t just about treatment – it’s about the burden of disposal: spent media regeneration, incineration, hazardous waste shipping, manifesting, and ongoing regulatory compliance overhead. By deploying ClarosTechUV™, industrial wastewater manufacturers can bypass these recurring costs entirely.
This conversion from a disposal-dependent model to a destruction-at-source model offers potential long-term cost savings, especially for facilities handling high-volume, high-PFAS-content wastewater.
Address regulatory implications
As PFAS regulation expands and enforcement intensifies, the management of PFAS-containing waste carries regulatory and reputational risk. Destroying PFAS at the source helps mitigate these risks by reducing reliance on disposal, transport, and incineration pathways that face increasing scrutiny.
Streamlined compliance path
Claros Technologies offers a path forward for manufacturers and industrial users who generate PFAS-containing wastewater: a closed-loop, scalable solution that destroys PFAS before discharge or final disposal – avoiding potential regulatory complications tied to PFAS-laden waste streams or discharge permits.
From optimisation to commercial deployment
Building on successful optimisation runs with industrial partners, Claros and collaborators are now moving toward full commercial installations, marking an important step in broader industry adoption.
This means facilities no longer have to rely on intermittent capture-and-dispose cycles, but can adopt high-flow PFAS elimination integrated into normal wastewater management workflows.
PFAS destruction for the industrial wastewater:
ClarosTechUV™ offers a scalable path to destroy PFAS at the source – reducing dependency on disposal markets and supporting regulatory compliance.
