The Challenge

The gap between waste and value.

Across the West, difficult materials pile up faster than economic outlets can absorb them. Closing that gap requires new infrastructure.

Forest overgrowth

Decades of fuel accumulation have raised wildfire risk. Restoration and hazardous fuels reduction creates large volumes of residue that must go somewhere.

Limited biomass markets

Low-value woody biomass rarely covers the cost of collection, leaving residues piled, burned or left in place.

Transport & disposal costs

Hauling bulky, low-density material to distant facilities often erases any remaining value.

Waste tire stockpiles

Tires are durable by design, which makes recycling economics difficult and stockpiles persistent.

Open burning & landfill

Without markets, residues are open-burned or landfilled because practical conversion alternatives are scarce.

Growing product markets

Demand for hydrogen, carbon materials, low-carbon fuels and chemicals offers new outlets for waste.
“Forests don't have a biomass problem. They have a market problem.”

Forest restoration and hazardous fuels reduction generate enormous volumes of small-diameter wood, slash and residue. Removing it is expensive, and hauling bulky, low-value material long distances to the few facilities that accept it rarely pays.

Without a profitable outlet, residues are piled and open-burned or left in the forest — adding smoke and wildfire risk. The missing piece isn't material; it's a buyer. Converting residues into hydrogen, carbon materials, fuels and chemicals can create the market that makes restoration economically self-sustaining.

Tire stockpile and shredded tire material

The infrastructure gap

Waste is local. Markets are not.

Feedstocks are dispersed across forests, recycling yards and industrial sites, while buyers of hydrogen and carbon products sit elsewhere. Modular conversion near the source can help bridge that distance.

Connecting supply, conversion and offtake.

Help turn a disposal problem into infrastructure.

We work with feedstock suppliers, industrial offtakers, site hosts, engineering partners and investors to move projects forward.

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