[Terrapreta] Charcoal from tree bark

[Greg and April]

I don't know who is doing the figuring, but in many places bark and wood chips is used as cost effective landscaping material & mulch.    Many saw mills also use the bark for heating, by burning it.

I suppose that you could use char the same way, but until char costs about the same as bark chips, people will continue to choose the bark chips / wood chips for landscaping.


Greg H.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sunergy 
  To: 'Terra Preta' 
  Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 22:40
  Subject: [Terrapreta] Charcoal from tree bark


  Waste bark is presumably also a problem in sawmills all around the world. Here's one solution:

   

  http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/31/business/bgbark.php

   

  The article includes:  "Charcoal dust is also used for soil improvement. Yamamoto was mostly producing it for that."

   

  Max H

   



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