Labs receives USD Small Business Innovation Research funding to further biochar research

OLIN Labs has been awarded funding through the USD Small Business Innovation Research program to further research into biochar. The proposal, A Circular Economy for the Urban Forest: Wood Waste to Soil Wealth Through Carbon Sequestering Biochar, addresses two major concerns for the City of Philadelphia: managing an excess of urban forestry wood waste and increasing the sustainability of Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) soils. Redirecting wood waste into municipal-scale biochar production creates a circular economy for Philadelphia, and other cities, by converting a waste stream into a high value product (biochar) for use in public works projects, thereby reducing landfill costs, enhancing soil health, mitigating climate change, and creating a new revenue source. Phase I of this research will run from July 2024 through February 2025.