Meet the New Kid Turning Old Wood to New Energy

What’s happening? Austin, TX start-up Locoal Charcoal takes old  commercial wood waste and creates biochar which filters soil and water

Why is this important? 500 million pallets that go into our landfills every year and the goal is to turn all the wood that goes to landfills into biochar

How will this be important? Biochar can also filter toxic runoff flowing into area waterways that can create toxic algae that has poisoned dogs in Austin

Spectrum News 1 | Building a circular economy: A Texas startup turns old wood into new energy in effort to fight climate change