# TURN POSITIVE NOW – THE BLOG
The Carbon Clock is ticking!
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News on Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and circular economy
through carbonization
We are a New Energy Challenge finalist! Let`s meet at the web summit in November in Lisbon!
The competition for European scale-ups & start-ups in renewable energy PYREG is proud to be among the 10 remaining finalists of the New Energy...
Talking about Biochar with PYREG CSO Robert Kovach by YourCentralValley.com Local News
"Carbonization of biomass to produce Biochar for use in Regenerative Agriculture” PYREG held its first Biochar symposium for Growers in the...
Biochar from sewage sludge: the phosphorus fertilizer for a safe and sustainable agriculture
The Danish EPA gives green light for application of biochar from sewage sludge for use in farming: Biochar from sewage sludge can now be used as a...
Robert Kovach (CSO) in an AgNet News radio interview about the California Biochar Symposium
Listen to this 7 minute interview from AgNet News with Robert Kovach (CSO)! It's all about what to expect at the symposium in Tulare from...
Die FAZ über die PYREG-Klimaschutztechnologie
"Ersetzt ein Stahlwerk seinen jährlichen Koksbedarf von 45.000 Tonnen durch Pflanzenkohle, lässt sich eine Kohlendioxidfracht von rund 146.000...
“BENEFITS OF BIOCHAR TO CALIFORNIA GROWERS & NUT GROWERS” JULY 13TH, TULARE, CA
PYREG is hosting its first Biochar Symposium for California nut growers, vineyards and biomass processors. Together with other experts from across...
Meet us at IFAT in Munich!
Our Team is looking forward to your visit at #IFAT in MUNICH, World's Leading Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Waste and Raw Materials Management, May...
PYREG wins the prestigious Watt d’Or award from the Swiss Federal Office of Energy.
With the PYREG prototype for the Swiss biochar pioneer Verora AG, both companies have now been awarded. The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (BFE)...
Flagship project: Climate-neutral district heating in Basel
Swiss energy service provider IWB produces regenerative heat and CO2-absorbing biochar from green waste. The Basel based IWB has realized the first...
The wastewater association Main-Taunus chooses a climate-protecting and cost-saving way to recycle phosphorus from sewage sludge
With the PYREG PX 750, the Abwasserverband Main-Taunus has commissioned the worldwide most advanced carbonization and phosphorus recovery plant....
PYREG: nominated as forward-looking innovation and scalable solution.
We are proud that PYREG has been nominated for the 14th German Sustainability Award in the Transformation Field "Climate". This top national award...
Biochar from biosolids: the climate-positive alternative to conventional phosphorus fertilizer
PYREG Biochar from biosolids proves a negative global warming potential by a factor of 10 compared to conventional fertilizer. In a 2019 study by...
Biochar to mitigate climate change – how it works
The German Biochar Association and EBI explain and emphasize the importance of biochair in the fight against climate change. Here is the latest...
Join us at RWM Expo, UK’s largest Recycling, Resource & Waste Management event!
We are looking forward to presenting our Waste-to-Value climate protection technology to a large interested clientele at UK´s largest waste...
Rest till Bäst – Vinnova-funded ligthouse biochar project
From Rest till Bäst - We are proud to contribute to this important Scandinavian project, which aims to be at the forefront of the development of...
The European Biochar Certificate (EBC): A proven voluntary industry standard
PYREG plants are EBC type-certified. This is a voluntary, uniform and verifiable industry standard for climate-protecting biochar production in...
People prefer ‘natural’ strategies to reduce atmospheric carbon
The "more natural" the higher the acceptance of a CCS method such as biochar production. A cross-disciplinary collaboration at Cornell University...
Taking responsibility for CO2 from biomass
Biogenic residues, such as those released for disposal in industrial processes as well as those that have so far simply been left to rot (e.g. wood...
Biochar as Negative Emission Technology (NET)
The strict requirements of the EBC In order to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, as called for by the EU, two fundamentally different strands of...
Sewage sludge phosphorus fertilizer registered in Sweden
Scandinavia is a pioneer in many respects. For and with our Swedish partner and customer Skanefrö, we have now been able to register a phosphorus...
New PYREG PX 1500 installed in Basel
The first PYREG PX 1500, our brand new, modularly configurable carbonization system, has been installed on IWB's site in Basel. Win-win for the...
High-tech mats for water treatment filled with biochar
The Public Waste Agency of Flanders (OVAM) is combating historical soil and groundwater pollution in the De Lieve watercourse with the installation...
From Waste to Value – Driving Sustainability and a Circular Economy
Today, more than ever, companies are faced with rising waste disposal costs and legislation aimed at reducing waste, while encouraging recycling. ...
Sweden: Max Burgers turns waste into biochar and saves the climate
Max Burgers, Sweden’s favourite hamburger restaurant chain, is currently participating in a pilot biochar project enabled by our partner Skånefrö, a...
FAIRS & EVENTS 2020/21: Meet PYREG in Birmingham & Shanghai
You want to meet us? Simply arrange a visit to our company site in Dörth or use these trade fairs and events in 2020/21 to get into conversation...
SWEDEN: Climate commission recommends use of biochar
Sweden aims to become climate-neutral by 2045 and has had a special commission draw up a strategy for this. The comprehensive report was presented...
PYREG GOES CZECH REPUBLIC: Plant for sewage sludge recycling will soon go into operation
Full activity in Czech Republic: Our service team is currently installing the next PYREG plant for sewage sludge recycling there. Recycling the...
BIOCHAR: Approval for organic farming throughout the EU
Biochar may now be used throughout Europe in organic farming as a fertilizer/soil conditioner. What a breakthrough! In Germany, for example, biochar...
NEW ASSOCIATION: PYREG is a founding member of European Biochar Industry Consortium
Biochar has a great deal of (climate protection) potential and therefore deserves even more attention. At the European level, a new association was...
MANURE-PROJECT: Recycled carbon fertilizer spread for field trials
On a field near Bingen on the Rhine, students of the Technical University of Bingen handed out around 300 kilograms of carbon fertilizer from...
VIDEO: Activated Carbon from local biomass waste
12.03.2019 – Youtube, Carasana
PREMIERE: First PYREG plant for production of activated carbon is in operation
The first PYREG for the production of activated carbon by using water vapour has now been put into operation in Baden-Baden. With the brand new...
CLIMATE PROTECTION: IPCC recommends biochar as CO2 reservoir
A little ignoring, avoiding, waiting and blandishing simply doesn't help any more: We have to actively protect the climate. For example, the latest...
FROM SEWAGE SLUDGE TO … (GERMAN)
2018 – Youtube, University of Bingen, Talk im Kesselhaus
IMPROVING SOIL WITH BIOCHAR
2018 – Youtube, Edelweiß Werbeagentur & Sonnenerde
BEST RECYCLING PLANT OF THE YEAR IN SWEDEN
We congratulate Stockholm Vatten och Avfall! The biochar project of Sweden’s largest water and waste management company is decorated...
STUDY DEMONSTRATES WHY CO-COMPOSTED BIOCHAR PROMOTE PLANT GROWTH
An international team of researchers has examined the underlying mechanisms of how biochar (pyrolized biomass) becomes a potent fertilizer. Because:...
STOCKHOLM: FIRST PYREG UNIT HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY HANDED OVER
The city of Stockholm is pursuing ambitious climate protection goals with its urban biochar project. We as PYREG GmbH have supplied the necessary...
PYREG STARTS NEW RESEARCH PROJECT: CARBON FERTILIZER FROM MANURE
In the past manure came to the field as fertilizer. But one of the consequences of this practice is environmental pollution. Now, stricter limits...
FEDERAL COUNCIL OF GERMANY ANNOUNCED OBLIGATION OF PHOSPHORUS RECYCLING FROM SEWAGE SLUDGE
There is a new sewage sludge regulation in Germany. With the decision of the Federal Council the amendment passed the whole legislative procedure....