Harvesting Value from Agricultural & Forest Waste

About

Takachar is on a mission to fight climate change by transforming massive amounts of waste biomass into marketable products around the world.

Worldwide, $120 billion worth of crop and forest residues are burned in the open each year. If used productively, these residues represent a $10 billion market globally. Takachar's process can be a profitable way to make economic use of this biomass, while reducing air pollution.

Technology

Using a novel thermo-chemical process, Takachar has developed and patented the design of small-scale, low-cost, portable equipment to convert waste biomass into solid fuel, fertilizer, and other specialty chemicals. Compared to the process of sending waste biomass to centralized conversion facilities, Takachar's system is more profitable by significantly reducing the logistics cost of hauling loose, wet, and bulky biomass.

Impact

Our work impacts the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Impact

Eliminate fossil based sources to produce fuels, fertilizers and specialty chemicals. Eliminate more than 95% of smoke compared to open biomass burning or biomass induced wildfires.

Mitigate 700 million tons/year of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by 2030.

Increase the net income of rural communities by 40% by creating a market for crop residues.

Awards

Takachar's innovation has won variety of recognition ranging from business plan competitions, incubation programs & fellowships, and government research & commercialization agencies, such as: