Waste
Puragen provides tailored activated carbon media and, where applicable, mobile carbon filters, designed to remove a broad spectrum of contaminants from air and water in the waste industry.
Key processes we help with
With increasing regulations aimed at safeguarding health and the environment, Puragen’s activated carbon plays a critical role in removing pollutants—improving workplace conditions, supporting sustainability goals, and ensuring compliance with environmental standards.
Puragen’s solutions are used across a wide range of waste and wastewater processes, effectively capturing odour causing molecules and organic contaminants from air and wastewater, including PFAS.
Removal of H₂S, VOCs and other organic compounds from landfill gas and landfill leachate.
Removal of contaminants in flue gas emissions, including heavy metals and toxic VOCs, particularly dioxins and furans, ensuring safer air quality and regulatory compliance.
Effective odour control and volatile organic compound (VOC) removal in waste transfer and handling facilities to meet environmental standards.
Purification solutions to enable efficient removal of contaminants in biogas to prevent equipment damage and upgrading into high-quality biomethane, suitable for grid injection.
Treat process and industrial wastewater, reducing organic pollutants and improving environmental compliance.
Case studies
Puragen Case Studies
See how Puragen is helping customers succeed in the Waste industry.
Optimising Carbon Utilisation at a Food and Agricultural Waste Biomethane Facility
Background A food and agricultural waste biomethane production site in the UK was facing recurring challenges with gas quality compliance due to limitations…
Landfill Gas Engine Protection: Removal of VOCs and Hydrogen Sulfide
The Problem The site was a landfill gas-to-electricity site, with a small footprint compound. Despite existing activated carbon mobile filters, the site…
Landfill Gas: Removal of siloxanes and hydrogen sulfide
Full service approach for the removal of siloxanes and hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
Biogas Engineering Solution
Quick turnaround on a fully engineered biogas filtration solution.
LFG VOCSorber Case Study
See how Puragen’s VOCSorber filters VOCs from landfill gas, improving air quality and compliance.
Northern Ireland LFG
Three of our flagship VOCSorber® 30 units on one site in Northern Ireland
Our Capabilities
To deliver the best possible filtration solutions for every customer, Puragen takes a long term partnership approach, we can manage and support each and every stage of the journey, and are committed to innovation to improve everything we do.
Expertise & Analytics
Our award winning chemists, materials scientists and engineers use leading lab facilities and analytics to derive and support precise technical solutions for each customer requirement.
Carbon Engineering
We supply a comprehensive range of carbons tailored to specific applications. We also enhance the performance of our carbon for specific processes via impregnation and precise particle sizing.
Fixed Filter Services
We can manage as much of the carbon lifecycle as each customer requires, from supply, carbon exchange and reactivation to system maintenance and optimisation.
Mobile Filtration
We operate a growing mobile filter fleet to deliver scalable, plug and play filters to customers, with maximum flexibility, minimal downtime, and no on-site waste handling.
Reactivation
We operate one of the most advanced closed-loop carbon reactivation networks in Europe to deliver efficient filtration, traceability and environmental benefits.
Integrated Logistics
Our processing and logistics hubs deliver to and support each customer’s needs across our full range of products and services.
Waste Applications
Puragen has a proven track record in delivering activated carbon solutions for gas and liquid purification in waste and wastewater applications, ensuring the removal of hazardous pollutants and compliance with environmental regulations.
Capture and remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and industrial odours in waste processing, chemical manufacturing and industrial operations.
Remove H₂S, siloxanes, VOCs and ammonia from raw biogas to protect equipment and meet grid injection standards.
Remove harmful air pollutants from waste incineration at EfW (energy-from-waste) facilities in their flue gas treatment (FGT) systems.
Remove pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, micropollutants and dissolved VOCs.
