--- title: Removing short chain PFAS from landfill leachate description: Removing short chain PFAS from landfill leachate image: https://chromafora.com/hubfs/INSIGHTS/insight-customer1.jpg --- [Skip to content](https://chromafora.com/insights/removing-short-chain-pfas-from-landfill-leachate#main-content) [![chromafora-logo-white](https://chromafora.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LOGOS%20and%20ICONS/chromafora-logo-white.png?width=150&height=30&name=chromafora-logo-white.png) ![chromafora-logo-green](https://chromafora.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LOGOS%20and%20ICONS/chromafora-logo-green.png?width=150&height=30&name=chromafora-logo-green.png)](https://chromafora.com) Turning wastewater into renewable resources - [TECHNOLOGIES](https://chromafora.com/technology) - [ABOUT CHROMAFORA](https://chromafora.com/about-us) - [INSIGHTS](https://chromafora.com/insights) - [CONTACT](https://chromafora.com/contact-us?purpose_of_inquiry=General) - [TECHNOLOGIES](https://chromafora.com/technology) - [ABOUT CHROMAFORA](https://chromafora.com/about-us) - [INSIGHTS](https://chromafora.com/insights) - [CONTACT](https://chromafora.com/contact-us?purpose_of_inquiry=General) - [Home](https://chromafora.com) / - [Insights](https://chromafora.com/insights) / - Removing short chain PFAS from landfill leachate # Removing short chain PFAS from landfill leachate PFAS 4 March 2024 ![Removing short chain PFAS from landfill leachate](https://chromafora.com/hubfs/INSIGHTS/insight-customer1.jpg) [Customer references](https://chromafora.com/insights/tag/customer-references) Background The waste management plant suffered from very high levels (90-95%) of short-chain PFAS in the landfill leachate. The customer spent two years searching for a solution to remove PFAS without any real success, screening 30+ suppliers and testing 10 methods – before evaluating SELPAXT. **Process** After evaluation and discussions with the customer, these are the steps we took together to reach full scale operation: - Lab scale verification Dec 2021 - On-site verification September 2022 - Full-scale installation September 2023 - Installation scope: Pre-treatment, SELPAXT treatment, post-treatment, including full service operational commitment - Treatment volume: 30,000 cubic meters per year We screened 30+ suppliers and tested around ten different technologies during a two-year period without finding a solution for our PFAS problem. That is, until we met with Chromafora. Our first reaction was ‘It sounds too good to be true’. SELPAXT is the only method that successfully removes PFAS from our water streams. Senior Project Manager, Research & Development **Results** - Successful full-scale installation operating since September 14, 2023 - Site analyses confirm treatment results from on-site verification – reducing more than 90% of short PFAS chains [CONTACT US](https://chromafora.com/contact-us?purpose_of_inquiry=General) [Back to insights](https://chromafora.com/insights) ### Related insights [![The SELPAXT technology emerges as leading solution for PFAS removal](https://chromafora.com/hs-fs/hubfs/puff-upgrades.jpg?width=352&name=puff-upgrades.jpg) The SELPAXT technology emerges as leading solution for PFAS removal Press release Feb 14, 2024](https://chromafora.com/insights/the-selpaxt-technology-emerges-as-leading-solution-for-pfas-removal) [![SELMEXT removes heavy metals and arsenic from landfill leachate](https://chromafora.com/hs-fs/hubfs/INSIGHTS/insight-haradsudden-selmext.jpg?width=352&name=insight-haradsudden-selmext.jpg) SELMEXT removes heavy metals and arsenic from landfill leachate Customer references Apr 17, 2023](https://chromafora.com/insights/selmext-removes-heavy-metals-and-arsenic-from-landfill-leachate) [![Oliver Colett](https://chromafora.com/hs-fs/hubfs/insight-exjobb.jpg?width=352&name=insight-exjobb.jpg) Leachate treatment methods evaluated in a new project at KTH News Apr 20, 2023](https://chromafora.com/insights/leachate-treatment-methods-evaluated-in-a-new-project-at-kth) [![New Swedish technology recovers metals from water from an LKAB mine](https://chromafora.com/hs-fs/hubfs/INSIGHTS/insight-LKAB.jpg?width=352&name=insight-LKAB.jpg) New Swedish technology recovers metals from water from an LKAB mine Press release Mar 11, 2022](https://chromafora.com/insights/new-swedish-technology-recovers-metals-from-water-from-an-lkab-mine) [![Large-scale PFAS treatment at the Högbytorp recycling plant](https://chromafora.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-post-image.webp?width=352&name=blog-post-image.webp) Large-scale PFAS treatment at the Högbytorp recycling plant Press release Oct 11, 2022](https://chromafora.com/insights/large-scale-pfas-treatment-at-the-hogbytorp-recycling-plant) [MORE INSIGHTS](https://chromafora.com/insights) [![chromafora-logo-white](https://chromafora.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LOGOS%20and%20ICONS/chromafora-logo-white.png?width=120&height=24&name=chromafora-logo-white.png "chromafora-logo-white")](https://chromafora.com) ### CONTACT Chromafora AB Vretensborgsvägen 20 126 30 Hägersten, Sweden +46 8 23 53 50 Kildemarksvej 3 4200 Slagelse Denmark BluePoint Brussels Blvd Auguste Reyers 80 1030 Brussels, Belgium [Get in touch](https://chromafora.com/contact-us?purpose_of_inquiry=General) ### INSIGHTS Stay up-to-date with the latest news, articles, videos and more [Go to Insights](https://chromafora.com/insights) ### NEWSLETTER Get the latest Chromafora news to your inbox Chromafora is an innovative cleantech company offering water treatment technologies for removing contaminants while reducing waste through selectivity. The company’s portfolio includes unique, patented water treatment technologies –SELPAXT and SELMEXT – based on proprietary chemistry. Chromafora’s PFAS removal technologies eliminate ultra-short-, short-, and long-chain PFAS from water streams, while its metal extraction technologies target the removal of heavy metals and contribute to the conservation of critical raw materials by enabling the recovery and recycling of valuable metals from waste. © Copyright Chromafora 2026. 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