How Pyrocal Helps Businesses, Councils and Utilities Unlock High-Integrity Carbon Removal Certificates

Tackling the climate crisis requires more than hope, it requires practical solutions. Many businesses, councils, and utilities want to reduce their carbon footprint and have Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) targets. But traditional carbon credits often only fund avoided emissions, like switching to renewable energy or capturing landfill gas. Prevention is helpful and necessary, but it doesn’t remove carbon that’s already in the atmosphere.

CDR, CRC and CORCS explained

This is where carbon removal certificates (CRCs) come in. CRCs prove that CO₂ has been permanently removed and safely stored, making them the gold standard for high-integrity carbon action.

Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) refers to the range of methods used to capture and store carbon, from nature-based solutions to engineered technologies such as direct air capture, enhanced weathering and biochar production.

Pyrocal works specifically with CO2 Removal Certificates (CORCs), a subset of CRCs focused on engineered carbon removal. These are issued by Puro.earth, the leading Standard for engineered CDR credits. Each CORC represents one tonne of CO₂ permanently removed and independently verified, giving organisations confidence that their carbon removal is real, measurable, and lasting.

Carbonisation and biochar

Pyrocal makes this possible with its high-performing, cost-saving carbonisation technology which converts biosolids and other organic waste from businesses, councils, and utilities into biochar.

This process, called thermal carbonisation, heats biosolids or biomass in a controlled, oxygen-limited environment, transforming it into a stable, carbon or nutrient-rich material. By driving off moisture and volatile compounds, the carbon in the feedstock is locked into a solid form that resists decomposition for centuries, keeping CO₂ in the soil and out of the atmosphere.

Turning waste into value

Because the process uses waste streams as feedstock, organisations can divert material from landfill and turn what would normally be a disposal cost into verified carbon removals.

The output is measurable and consistent, making it suitable for independent verification and the generation of CORCs. This allows organisations with waste challenges (and ESG targets) to divert waste from landfill while generating potential revenue and demonstrating real climate action as they progress towards their net-zero goals.

Biochar and the carbon market

The numbers speak for themselves. The voluntary carbon market is expected to grow from US$2 billion in 2022 to $40 billion by 2032, and each tonne of biochar offsets 1.3 to 2.0 tonnes of CO₂. On top of that, biochar improves soil health, boosts water retention, and can be used in soil conditioning, crop yield improvement, water filtration, landfill capping, remediation, and even as a stockfeed additive where applicable.

Your supportive partner on the carbon removal journey

Pyrocal supports organisations every step of the way, from project registration and lifecycle assessments to data tracking and independent audits. That means turning waste into verified carbon removals is measurable, credible, and can even create potential revenue from CORCs.

Pyrocal CEO Barry Croker sums it up: “Turning waste into biochar through carbonisation is good for the planet, people, and businesses. We are committed to helping organisations tackle their carbon footprint while generating high-integrity carbon certificates at the same time.”

With growing pressure on organisations to deliver on sustainability promises, the technology, expertise, and credibility to turn waste into real climate action is already within reach.

If your organisation produces waste and wants to turn it into verified carbon removals, contact our team and discover how carbonisation, biochar and CORCs can help you achieve your net-zero and sustainability goals.