Question 1

How much will you pay for my residue?

Accepted Answer

Per tonne, agreed before the first collection. Four things move the price: the type of residue, how wet it is, how much there is, and how far it has to travel — drier and closer is worth more. The figure goes into the collection agreement, so you know it before anything leaves your land. And the material you pay to manage today — piling, chipping, burning permits — stops costing you money.

Question 2

Am I close enough to be worth collecting?

Accepted Answer

Our first site is in the Coimbra region of central Portugal, and collection typically reaches 50 to 100 km around it. If you are further out, register anyway: we are mapping residue across the country for the sites that follow, and we will tell you honestly where you stand rather than leaving you guessing.

Question 3

When does this actually start?

Accepted Answer

We are signing collection agreements now, ahead of our first site opening — production starts in 2027, and collection begins as the site comes online in your area. Registering early puts you first in line and fixes your terms before demand for residue tightens. If you need somewhere for material this season, tell us and we will be straight with you about what we can and cannot do yet.

Question 4

Do I need certificates or paperwork?

Accepted Answer

Very little, and we do most of it. For forest wood we need your FSC or PEFC certificate or your forest management plan, and for everything we need one signed line confirming the material is untreated and clean. Everything else — the weight, the moisture, the type, and where the load was picked up — our own equipment records automatically. GPS units on the collection vehicles log the pickup point on your land, so the geolocated origin the carbon registries demand is captured without you filling in a form.

Question 5

Who collects it, and who pays for transport?

Accepted Answer

We do, and we do. Within collection range we handle the haulage and the handling; you need the material piled and reachable by a truck, and we agree the schedule around your operation rather than ours. If you sit outside the range, transport is what makes or breaks the economics — so we will tell you plainly rather than let you pay to find out.

Question 6

What can't you take?

Accepted Answer

Anything painted, varnished, glued or treated with preservatives — that means no demolition wood, no sleepers, no chipboard or MDF. Nothing with plastic, rubber, metal, glass or general rubbish mixed in. No sawlog-quality timber, because good wood should stay good wood. And nothing from clear-cutting or from protected or recently cleared land. Contaminants concentrate when biomass is pyrolysed, so a dirty load costs far more than it is worth.

Question 7

Can I get biochar back for my own land?

Accepted Answer

Yes, if you want it. Quality-tested biochar returned to your soils holds water and nutrients — the benefit is largest in sandy, acidic or degraded ground, and modest in soil that is already fertile and well structured. We will tell you which you have rather than sell you something that will not help. It is an option in the agreement, not a condition of it.

Question 8

Do I keep a carbon credit for the residue I supply?

Accepted Answer

No — and it matters that you know that up front. When you sell us residue, the removal happens in our facility and the credit is ours to certify and sell; what you get is payment for the material, the fire-risk work done, and biochar back if you want it. If you want to keep the removal in your own name, that is a different arrangement: we can engineer a pyrolysis unit for your own operation, and the carbon stays with you.

What we record	What you provide	Why the standards require it
Mass per delivery	Nothing — the weighbridge ticket is ours	Payment basis and the registries' batch mass accounting
Residue type & species	A description; we confirm at the field visit	Feedstock must match the standards' eligible-biomass lists
Origin (parcel / forest area)	Nothing — CarbonTrack logs the pickup point by GPS	Registries require geolocated origin and land-use evidence
Clean & untreated declaration	A signed line in the collection agreement	Contaminants concentrate in pyrolysis; certified biochar must test clean
Forest management evidence	FSC/PEFC certificate or the management plan, where wood is forest-sourced	Sustainability criteria for forest biomass (EU rules and registry methodologies)
Moisture at delivery	Nothing — measured at intake	Storage and methane accounting rules; drier material earns more

A paid home for your residue

Woody residue, close to our sites

Forestry residue

Agricultural prunings

Wood-processing by-products

Clean and woody is the whole rule

Tracked from your land to the reactor

Located

Weighed

Classified

Documented for you

From your land to the registry

Assess

Agree

Collect

Return value

Have enough residue to run a unit of your own?

Value returns to the land

Revenue for residue

Lower fire risk

Biochar back

Documented impact

Straight answers

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