25th February 2024
A Simple Biochar Solution Increases Farmers’ Production by up to 95 Percent
When he was looking for his next role in 2021, WasteX CEO Pawel Kuznicki said, “I wanted to make an impact.” And that led him to set up WasteX, to turn agricultural waste into biochar. Biochar is the residue remaining after the pyrolysis - burning - of biomass such as agricultural waste. Biochar is a solution for both climate mitigation and climate adaptation, Pawel noted. “For mitigation, you remove carbon. For adaptation, you're making agriculture much more resilient, improving soil health, increasing yields, and reducing fertiliser usage. Given the climate crisis and how agriculture is affected by it, and how fertiliser prices affect farmers, we are creating mind-blowing value for them.” Farmers get higher yields and more income, and rice, corn or sawmill operators turn waste into cash.