Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Treatment Technology Reports
- Overview
- Characteristics and Behavior of POPs
- Health Effects of POPs
- Treatment Technology Reports
- Additional Resources
The following reports provide information about noncombustion treatment technologies for POPs
This report was prepared by EPA and is intended to provide information for federal, state, and local regulators, site owners and operators, consultants, and other stakeholders on the applicability of existing and emerging noncombustion technologies for the remediation of POPs in stockpiles and soil. The report provides descriptions of these technologies and evaluates them based on the POPs treated, media treated, pretreatment requirements, performance and cost. Case studies provided show the various considerations associated with selecting a noncombustion technology.
Technology Fact Sheets for Remediation of POPs were developed for the following three technologies and are available at the following links.
Anaerobic Bioremediation Using Blood Meal for the Treatment of Toxaphene in Soil and Sediment- Bioremediation Using DARAMEND® for Treatment of POPs in Soils and Sediments
- In Situ Thermal Desorption for Treatment of POPs in Soils and Sediments
This report was developed by the Science and Technology Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). This report provides a summary overview of noncombustion technologies that are considered to be innovative and emerging and that have been identified as potentially promising for the destruction of POPs in stockpiles. The report contains overviews of the following noncombustion technologies:
- Base-catalyzed decomposition (BCD)
- Bioremediation/Fenton reaction
- Catalytic hydrogenation
- DARAMEND® bioremediation
- Enzyme degradation
- Fe (III) photocatalyst degradation
- Gas-phase chemical reduction (GPCR)
- GeoMeltTM process
- In situ bioremediation of soils
- Mechanochemical dehalogenation (MCD)
- Mediated electrochemical oxidation (AEA Silver II)
- Mediated electrochemical oxidation (CerOxTM)
- MnOx/TiO2 - Al22O3 catalyst degradation
- Molten metal
- Molten salt oxidation
- Molten slag process
- Ozonation/electrical discharge destruction
- Photochemically enhanced microbial degradation
- Phytoremediation
- Plasma arc (PLASCONTM)
- Pyrolysis
- Self-propagating high-temperature dehalogenation (SPHTD)
- Sodium reduction
- Solvated electron technology
- Supercritical water oxidation (SCWO)
- TiO2 - based V2O5/WO3 catalysis
- White rot fungi bioremediation
This report was developed by International HCH and Pesticides Association (IHPA) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (CCMS). The report describes emerging noncombustion alternatives for the economical destruction of POPs. Mr. John Vijgen of IHPA collected the technology data and authored the report. The report contains fact sheets for the 11 technologies listed below:
- BCD
- CerOxTM
- Gas-phase chemical reduction process
- GeoMeltTM
- In situ thermal destruction
- MCDTM
- SPHTD
- Silver IITM
- Solvated electron technology
- SCWO
- TDR-3RTM
Environmental Technology Verification Report for the Plasma Enhanced Melter ™
This Technology Verification report describes the nature and scope of the environmental evaluation of the performance of the Plasma Enhanced Melter™ (PEM™) system for waste treatment. The evaluation was conducted through a cooperative program established in 1998 between the Washington State Department of Ecology (WSDOE), Integrated Environmental Technology Inc. (IET), Allied Technology Group (ATG) and the Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF). The goal of this report is to provide potential users and purchasers of the PEMTM system with information they need to make more informed decisions regarding the performance of PEMTM as an equivalent or alternative to incineration for treating hazardous waste.
