Apr 30, 2026 Cleaning up PFAS Mixed material waste for recycling moves along conveyors at the Veolia Southwark Integrated Waste Management Facility in London, UK, on Friday, June 28, 2024. Mixed material waste for recycling moves along conveyors at the Veolia Southwark Integrated Waste Management Facility in London, UK, on Friday, June 28, 2024. Jose Sarmento Matos—Bloomberg/Getty Images One of the world's largest water services companies is removing the "forever" from "forever chemicals." Toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), linked to cancers and other illnesses, linger in the environment and can accumulate in the body. In 2025, French firm Veolia flexed its global leadership in PFAS treatment by opening a massive plant in Delaware that filters PFAS from water and incinerates it to break the bond between fluorine and carbon, one of the strongest in chemistry.…