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We use plants and the best science available to clean soil, reducing risk, increasing value.
Remediation
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Soil
Chris Kearns
CIQ Co-Founder
MS Finance UW Milwaukee
Hemp Farmer
Entrepreneur: Cannivera
Industry Analyst
HEMP is highly effective for cleaning the soil, as shown in the photo above, from Chernobyl in 1990. We offer scalable programs to begin this process, starting now. We are able to scale up quickly with applications for acreage, or with customized solutions to develop buffer zones. Hemp is super-resilient, and CIQ is the only firm to combine soil remediation with value-added conversion of the biomass to biochar and other products.
Danielle Stevenson
PhD Environmental Toxicology
UC Riverside
Founder, Centre for Applied Ecological Remediation
DANIELLE is a prominent scientist with an amazing track record in cleaning the soil, using fungi and bio-based methods. She provides a comprehensive strategy to deal with compromised properties, such as fire-impacted sites in southern California. Her expertise will be key in establishing these methods as the new norm for environmental remediation.
After we harvest the plants, we are able to convert high volumes of the biomass to biochar, destroying PFAs in the process.
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Pyrolysis
Chris Luettgen
PhD Ga Tech
Pulp & Paper Science
A global leader in emerging biomass and bioconversion processes. He is Associate Director of GaTech's Renewable Bioproducts Institute and a consultant on large scale bio-energy projects now under way.
PYROLISIS is a modern method of making charcoal, converting organic materials to biochar and other valuable residuals. Using high temperatures in a low oxygen environment, it destroys toxic chemicals, such as PFAs, while maintaining a low carbon footprint. It uses residual syngas from the process to fire the equipment. Pyrolysis will be a key technology for the biomass industry going forward.
Image Courtesy of ARTi Inc.
One ton of biochar sequesters carbon that would have otherwise generated 3.6 tons of carbon dioxide if left to degrade by natural processes.
As a soil amendment, it is highly effective at absorbing toxins, such as PFAs.
Biochar
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Kristin Foehringer
PhD Va Tech
Forestry & Soil Science
Kristin is one of our nation's leading proponents of biochar, working as the USDA's public educator in the upper midwest. She is highly skilled in all aspects of soil remediation, including for landfill and mining sites.
OUR GOAL with biochar is both education and application. It's crucial that all farmers, investors and municipal stakeholders have a clear understanding of this material and its potential to reduce risk, environmental and economic. This is a growth industry and we offer programming for FFA and STEM programs.
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