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Fairborn Ohio - Foam Takeback Event 19 March 2024 ( news )
Fairborn , state Ohio ( By Press Release office)
Mar 19,2024
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Earlier today ,
Governor Mike DeWinelaunched a first - of - its - kind initiative to destroy hazardous per - and polyfluoroalkyl substances ( PFAS ) in firefighting foam .
Governor DeWine announced details of the
Ohio EPA
' s new Aqueous Film - Forming Foam ( AFFF ) Takeback Program during an event at Calamityville . The program will use
Battelle
' s PFAS Annihilator® technology to destroy PFAS in firefighting foam to non - detectable levels through supercritical water oxidation .
Approximately
1 , 000 gallons of foam were turned in during today ' s takeback event at Calamitiville . The AFFF Takeback Program is operated at no cost to local fire departments , but agencies must register their AFFF materials at
oh . revive - environmental . comto be scheduled for collection at future events .
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