Edmonds is the first city in the country to implement new technology at a wastewater treatment facility that eradicates “forever chemicals,” otherwise known as PFAS. Within the next week, the city will start the new system on a 6-month trial run to collect data and train Public Works staff.

PFAS are found in hundreds of products: carpets, paints and firefighting foams, among others. Historically, manufacturers used PFAS because they resist grease, oil, water and heat. They are aptly called forever chemicals because they take centuries to break down.

The new technology created by Ecoremedy, a Pennsylvania renewable energy firm, uses gasification to convert human waste into usable industry products without using or emitting fossil fuels.

The technology is beneficial because it’s cost- and energy-efficient, but it is also revolutionary.

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