{"id":3376,"date":"2026-10-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csi-staging.redaxis.eu\/news\/the-biochar-of-things-turning-everyday-products-into-trusted-climate-assets\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T12:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T10:07:13","slug":"the-biochar-of-things-turning-everyday-products-into-trusted-climate-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carbon-standards.com\/en\/news\/the-biochar-of-things-turning-everyday-products-into-trusted-climate-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biochar of Things: Turning Everyday Products into Trusted Climate Assets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You know the Internet of Things - the idea that everyday objects are becoming digitally connected. Biochar is doing something similar, but with carbon instead of code: turning ordinary products into stores for carbon that would otherwise end up warming the planet.<\/p>\n

The idea behind it is simple. Biochar has long been known as an agricultural amendment to improve soil fertility. It's made by heating organic waste - wood chips, crop residues, even spent coffee grounds - in a low-oxygen process called pyrolysis, which locks carbon into a stable, porous material that can last for thousands of years. That same material can be built into concrete and asphalt, bioplastics and packaging, printing inks and everyday consumer goods. In each one, it keeps carbon locked away for the long term. The product becomes a unique carbon sink.<\/p>\n

The potential is significant. The construction sector alone accounts for around 37% of global CO\u2082 emissions, and biochar can be mixed directly into the concrete and asphalt that sector depends on. Plastics are, on average, about 80% carbon - almost all of it from fossil sources - yet biochar can replace up to a fifth of the material in many applications.<\/p>\n

What makes the concept work is economics as much as chemistry. When a tonne of biochar earns its place as a material and as a certified carbon-removal credit, the second revenue stream lowers the effective cost of the removal underneath it. More uses mean lower-cost removal - and a credible route to the scale the climate needs.<\/p>\n

For the first time at a global event, delegates at Carbon Unbound Europe<\/a> in London this week will drink their coffee from cups made with certified biochar - each one a unique carbon sink they can hold in their hand.<\/p>\n

The Biochar of Things is an initiative of Carbon Standards, which developed the world's first biochar-specific carbon-removal standard<\/a> - providing the technical certification and traceability that underpin trust in biochar carbon removal, from feedstock to final use.<\/p>\n

The concept will be introduced during a panel at Carbon Unbound Europe in London. Convened by Carbon Standards, the panel brings together voices from Europe, Asia and Africa to show how biochar is already being built into everyday products across continents and sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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