PFAS destruction solution - Green Business Award

PFAS destruction solution

Oxyle

PFAS pollution is one of the most serious threats to our health and environment. And the most challenging ones to treat — short and ultra-short chains — are being missed by current technologies. Oxyle engineers tailored treatment solutions that permanently eliminate PFAS, including the toughest short- and ultra-short chain PFAS. Because no two streams are the same, their solutions aren’t either. They combine proprietary innovations with best-in-class technologies to design the most effective solution for every wastewater. Founded in 2020, they’re on a mission to protect water from PFAS. Down to the last drop.

To what extent is your company a pioneer in combining entrepreneurship and sustainability?

PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” pose a serious threat to both human health and the environment, yet many existing treatments struggle to fully address them. Especially the most persistent short and ultra-short chain compounds. That challenge shaped our focus: to develop flexible treatment solutions that not only remove but break down these tough pollutants. Few challenges in the water sector are as urgent or widespread as PFAS, and that makes it one of the most compelling spaces to build.

Did you know that…?

According to research done by the Forever Pollution Project there are over 23,000 sites across Europe with known PFAS contamination. In Switzerland there are 134 hotspots, meaning there are concentrations above 100 ng/L. That already exceeds the EU Drinking Water Directive limit for the sum of 20 PFAS, set at 100 ng/L. For comparison, in the United States, the enforceable limit for PFOA and PFOS in drinking water is even stricter: just 4 ng/l.

How do you manage to survive in the market?

There is growing pressure to act on PFAS. From the public, and increasingly, from regulators across Europe. We’re seeing more companies and governments actively looking for partners to help them solve this problem. It means that we don’t need to push into the market. We’re being pulled.