Trailblazing PFAS cleanup with nature-based solutions that work 3x faster

Campus Vesta site for soil remediation in Belgium and Europe, finally providing a solution for PFAS pollution.

Campus Vesta is a training site of Belgian emergency services. Historical PFAS pollution persists there from firefighting foams used during exercises. Together with project partners we launched PFAS phytoextraction project here to clean the soil and groundwater. And speed up the cleanup process with organic soil additives, including enzymes and fungi. The results are, honestly, the best in the world.

Pollution Biochar

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Key numbers for this project

  • 29 μg/kg

    MAXIMUM PFAS IN SOIL

  • 3,85 μg/kg

    PFAS LEGAL LIMIT

  • 380 μg/kg

    PFAS PICKUP IN LEAVES

  • 67 %

    PFAS REDUCTION IN 4 MONTHS

PFAS project at Campus Vesta

Transformative soil cleanup results with advanced phytoremediation

Land: training site of Belgian fire brigade and police with historical PFAS pollution from firefighting foam.

Project approach: PFAS extraction from soil and groundwater with hemp, willows and natural soil additives.

  • Initial Contamination: 0.5–30 µg/kgDM in the topsoil layer
  • Treatment Levels in 1 plant cycle of 4 months: reduced to 0.5–12 µg/kgDM
  • Project results in year 1: 67% overall PFAS reduction
  • Project duration: ongoing, 3 years

Our innovative phytoremediation technique delivers outstanding results, significantly reducing soil contamination. Why our method works faster:

  • Enhanced plant development: special additives boost plant growth while increasing PFAS mobility.
  • Effective PFAS breakdown: These additives facilitate chain shortening and more pick up of PFAs by plants, making even stubborn PFAS accessible for absorption.
  • Accelerated cleanup: speeds up the remediation process by up to 3x, delivering faster and more efficient results.

Collected biomass will go through the pollution destruction process and biochar production.

Experience the future of soil restoration - cleaner, greener, and quicker!

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7/12/2024

Unique in the world: hemp, willows and enzymes extract PFAS from the ground

Campus Vesta and C-biotech presented their project today, in which PFAS is removed from the soil using willows, hemp, enzymes and fungal threads. The remediation project is unique in the world thanks to its total approach.
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7/12/2024

Hemp and willows clean PFAS from the ground in Ranst

At the provincial institute for safety training Campus Vesta in Ranst, experiments are being conducted to remove PFAS from the ground using willows and hemp. The trees and plants absorb polluted water so that the ground does not have to be dug up.
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7/12/2024

Hemp plants remove PFAS from the soil in Ranst

The area around the institute for safety training in Ranst is full of PFAS. This is due to the firefighting foam that was used there for a long time. A large project with hemp plants must now clean up the historically polluted site.
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