Phosphorus is essential for plant growth, yet much of the phosphorus in soils worldwide remains locked in forms that crops ...

Biochar is a form of charcoal (mostly carbon) produced by heating organic matter in the absence of oxygen, a process called pyrolysis. This avoids the production of carbon dioxide and locks up the ...

Groundbreaking new research published this month—co-authored by research faculty at RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability—shows that carbon-removal solution biochar can play a significant role ...

On a site next to a sawmill in Waverly, Virginia, a startup takes sawdust and offcuts from the mill and heats it up to turn it into biochar, a material that can store carbon for hundreds or thousands ...

A new study reveals that adding small amounts of biochar, a carbon-rich material made from agricultural waste, can ...

Construction on the biochar composting facility in Winton Woods is underway. Great Parks Sustainability Coordinator Stephanie Bacher says the bays will be used to hold biochar and the working compost ...

Recycling rates have stagnated in the United States despite the positive benefits recycling offers local economies. It reduces pollution and production of virgin plastics, while creating jobs and ...

Twelve countries have the technical ability to sequester over 20% of their current total greenhouse gas emissions by converting crop residues to biochar. Bhutan leads the way with the potential to ...

If there’s one thing McDonald’s has done for the world, it’s made starting a burger restaurant relatively straightforward. Franchisees buy into the system, and in return they get equipment, marketing, ...

Restoration Bioproducts‘ executives and employees gathered with state and local officials Wednesday to celebrate the opening of the company’s Sussex County biochar production facility. Through a ...

A city-owned biochar facility, part of an effort to fight the effects of climate change, is coming to Minneapolis. The city was scheduled to break ground Wednesday on the facility, which heats wood ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has rejected permit applications for a proposed biochar plant in Saratoga County. Saratoga Biochar Solutions proposed $83 million facility ...