Description

ECHO2 transforms residues from plantation forestry, agriculture, food and wood processing, that would otherwise end up as green-house gas emissions by being burned or landfilled, into bioenergy and biochar. Each tonne of biochar is over 80% pure carbon and removes 2.79 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of product, for centuries. The biochar is used for horticulture and agriculture. ECHO2 is the first Puro.earth-certified biochar producer outside Europe. For a detailed carbon footprint description email contact@puro.earth. How it works Common practice in many regions of the world is to burn or landfill large quantities of agricultural and woody residues. We estimate that over 20 million tonnes of accessible crop and woody residues are intentionally burned or landfilled every year in Australia, and only a small percentage is up-cycled in any way. ECHO2 was developed as a circular economy up-cycling system that utilises low value organic residues such as city green wastes, plantation forestry residues, wood wastes from construction and crop residues, such as cereal straws. Biochar sequesters large amounts of CO2 in a useful way. It improves the performance of many products including fertilisers, animal feeds and building and construction materials. The first commercial system is a single ECHO2 module that converts recycled wood, that would otherwise be burned or landfilled, into biochar for the composted products producer Van Schaik's BioGro and into glasshouse heating for South Australian herb grower Holla-Fresh. The second commercial system now under construction is six ECHO2 modules to convert local cereal straw and other residues that would otherwise be burned or landfilled, into biochar for sale to local farmers and into glasshouse heating for Victorian tomato and capsicum grower Katunga Fresh. A growing pipeline of ECHO2 projects now exist that will utilise crop and plantation residues to replace LPG and natural gas for heating and to supply biochar to local farms. ECHO2 enables economic, environmental and social benefits by converting these low value organic carbon residues into renewable heat and electricity and sequestering over 60% of the carbon in the residues into stable biochar. This system creates local jobs, sustainable air, soil and water eco systems while developing new circular economies and markets in the process. In 2022 CORC revenue enables ECHO2 biochar to be offered to pioneer farmers and composters at a subsidised price - effectively rewarding them for their climate services while building this and other biochar markets to enable larger scale carbon removal. Interview with Peter Burgess, CEO of ECHO2 where he answers: How did you start selling your carbon removals at Puro.earth? What will ECHO2 do with the income? What are ECHO2’s Future Projects and the challenges you face? What are the co-benefits? Bringing buyer and seller together! 1/3 Biochar - Australia Price 188 € / CORC https://puro.earth/100014 https://www.rainbowbeeeater.com.au tel:https://www.rainbowbeeeater.com.au mailto:contact@puro.earth