TY  - JOUR
AU  - Travar, Igor
AU  - Uwayezu, Jean Noel
AU  - Kumpiene, Jurate
AU  - Yeung, Leo W.Y.
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/04/19
TI  - Challenges in the PFAS Remediation of Soil and Landfill Leachate: A Review
JO  - Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research
SP  - 006
VL  - 02
IS  - 02
AB  - Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has become a big concern as a result of their high contamination in different environmental matrices. In EU countries, sites contaminated with PFAS are usually remediated by excavating soil and disposing of it in a landfill since no in-situ or on-site techniques capable of treating large quantities of soil cost-effectively have been developed. Landfilling PFAS-contaminated soil are one of the sources of PFAS to landfill leachate. In this paper, physical and chemical treatment methods leading to PFAS removal from soils and landfill leachates were described. Among challenges that may limit the remediation of contaminate sites, we highlighted a lack of strict PFAS regulations towards soils, cost and inefficiency of some methods towards some PFAS compounds and limitation of environmental matrices.
SN  - 2766-6190
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/aeer.2102006
DO  - 10.21926/aeer.2102006
ID  - Travar2021
ER  -