Fast Cycle Carbon Valorization
Trash to Carbon-Negative Treasure
Fast Cycle Carbon Valorization
Trash to Carbon-Negative Treasure
C-minus Carbon
Mission: Mining the Fast Carbon Cycle
The C-minus mission is to intercept the carbon embodied in organic wastes on its way back to the ecosystem and covert it to valuable, durable products that generate profits for community stakeholders while locking away carbon for 1,000 years.
More than 100B metric tonnes of carbon are processed through the earth’s biosphere every year in the Fast Carbon Cycle. Photosynthesis fixes carbon from air & water in biomass, which ultimately returns its carbon to the atmosphere through decomposition emissions of CO2, CH4 & N2O.
Humans interact with the Fast Cycle (aka Biogenic Carbon Cycle) in virtually everything we do, and we have established a wide array of collection systems for organic waste stream management. Mining even a small fraction of the Carbon flowing through existing Fast Cycle aggregation channels offers enormous opportunity for sequestration & valorization of waste carbon throughout the US and world beyond.
Technology: Hydrothermal Carbonization
C-minus' proprietary Hydrothermal Carbon Valorization (HCV) processing of organic waste streams will offer the world’s first viable Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) modality that creates more energy & water than it uses and provides profit incentive for scalability through widespread point source stakeholder adoption.
C-minus' proprietary Hydrothermal Carbon Valorization (HCV) technology processes organic wastes via automated hydrothermal reactor systems, strategically located close to organic waste aggregation points. Products include Activated HydroChar and nutrient-balanced Liquid Fertilizer, as well as HydroChar soil amendment and Carbon Credits. Our process is sealed, generates more energy & water than it consumes, destroys many chemical & pharmaceutical toxins,
and produces zero harmful emissions.
C-minus Applications
Wood Waste
Wood Waste
Wood Waste
150,000,000 t / yr (US)
3,000 Sawmills US
Avg Mill: 3,000 t / yr woodwaste
Forestry site: 3,000 t / yr slash
Per site CO2e removed: 1,500 t
CDR @ 1,000 sites: 1.5 Mt
Plus: 50M t / yr yard trimmings
Manure
Wood Waste
Wood Waste
1,400,000,000 tonnes / yr (US)
65,000 Dairy farms US
Avg Dairy Manure: 4,000 t / yr
Electric gen capacity per site: 100 kW
Per site CO2e removed: 2,500 t
CDR @ 1,000 sites: 2.5 Mt
Plus: Beef, Swine & Poultry
Food Waste
Algae Blooms
Algae Blooms
91,000,000 tonnes / yr (US)
750,000 restaurants US
100k hotels @ 300 avg guests
3,500 t / yr food waste per hotel
Per site CO2e removed: 2,000 t
CDR @ 1,000 sites: 2 Mt
Plus: 100k Schools @500 students
Algae Blooms
Algae Blooms
Algae Blooms
25,000,000 tonnes / yr
50,000 Coastal Hotels
1,000 t / yr sargassum per hotel
Per site CO2e removed: 1,000 t
CDR @ 1,000 sites: 1Mt
Plus: Gulf of Mexico + inland waterway algae blooms
Valuable Product Streams
C-minus Activated HydroChar
C-minus Activated HydroChar
C-minus Activated HydroChar
Activated HydroChar
- Purification / Filtering material
- Sequesters Carbon 1,000 yrs
- Low cost alternative to commercial activated carbon
- NEGATIVE Carbon Footprint
C-minus Liquid Fertilizer
C-minus Activated HydroChar
C-minus Activated HydroChar
- C-minus Liquid Fertilizer
- Nutrient Balanced & Customizable
- Microbially Sterile - can be applied in any weather
- NEGATIVE Carbon Footprint