Soil Amendment
Carbogenics aims to ensure that any spent carbon products can be used as plant fertiliser and for soil amendment, in full accordance with our vision of a waste-free circular economy. We possess extensive experience in devolving tailored carbons for soil amendment and remediation. Exemplary applications are soil restauration, immobilisation of heavy metals and bioaugmented degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in soils.
Carbon Sequestration
Each tonne of CreChar® added to an anaerobic digestion plant can save the UK over ten tonnes of CO2. We save carbon at every step of the way:
- By using waste as a feedstock for CreChar® production, we prevent the release of many tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere, which would be produced during conventional waste incineration. The carbon locked in CreChar® is in a very stable form, which means it is very resistant to being broken down by microorganisms and will not be released into the atmosphere as CO2 for hundreds of years.
- CreChar® reduces the need to use fossil fuels by supporting an increase in biogas production of up to 15%.
- Digestate from anaerobic digestion plants supplemented with CreChar® is a high-quality natural fertiliser that can replace fossil fuel-based chemical fertilisers.
Together these effects make CreChar® a promising Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) technology. We are currently working to optimise CreChar®’s climate impact, and to establish partnerships with key industry and public stakeholders active in the European CDR market.
