Neumann Kaffee Gruppe and its partners are scaling biochar in Colombia, transforming coffee waste into a super substance ...

Biochar, a charcoal-like substance made from burning organic materials in a low or zero-oxygen environment, can improve the quality of soil and trap carbon dioxide in the earth for potentially ...

Biochar, a charcoal made from heating discarded organic materials such as crop residues, offers a path to lowering atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2) at a time when climate scientists warn that urgent ...

Nick Cuchetti, a farmer and board secretary of Missouri Organic Association, holds biochar at Oaklee Rose Farm in Luebbering, Missouri. Biochar is an organic waste material that can help improve soil ...

Tata Steel adopts a dual strategy for decarbonisation, investing in innovative technologies while implementing immediate ...

Phosphorus is a necessary nutrient required for all life. However, it is only found in limited quantities in nature. In a new doctoral thesis at the University of Borås in Sweden, biochar plays a ...

In the late 1990s, soil scientist Johannes Lehmann was working in the central Amazon to help restore degraded soils. Other researchers had discovered that the region’s fertile terra preta, meaning ...

When it comes to building a circular economy, every kind of waste is either eliminated or recycled into new valuable materials. But waste comes in all shapes and sizes—there’s no single “magic bullet” ...

Yard clippings and agricultural waste smolder into char in Foundation of Sustainable Technology's (FoST) biochar maker. Biochar helps fertilise soil and improves its ability to retain water. Credit: ...

A German manufacturer of carbonization equipment used to produce “biochar” found the right size lease at 565 Congress St. in downtown Portland. PHOTO / COURTESY THE BOULOS CO. Pyreg Inc., a German ...

From the citrus fields of Japan to the willow forests of Wales and the cropland of the Amazon Basin, farmers have used biochar—the practice of burying charcoal in soil to improve fertility—for ...