Decarb Connect - Podcast - CO2 Waste and Fertilisers

CCU, Fertilisers and FMCG: CCm Technologies role in taking waste co2 emissions to solve Scope 3 challenges

In 2023 the University of Cambridge published details that quantified how manure and synthetic fertilisers emit the equivalent of 2.6 gigatonnes of carbon per year which is more than the emissions from global aviation and shipping combined. Read up on that article in Nature Magazine here.

Global fertiliser production is both essential and also hugely energy-intensive, yielding around 1.5% of total global CO2 emissions.

In this episode, Alex is joined by Pawel Kisielewski, CEO, CCm Technologies, a UK-based company scaling up to provide zero carbon fertilisers by taking CO2 waste streams and combining them with organic materials. Pawel shares their plans to triple production in the next few years, and projects in development in India and Europe. Listen in to learn more about the FMCG partners who are supporting CCm’s scale up and the opportunity for their cost-comparative fertiliser products.

Takeaways:

• The origins of CCm Technologies and the commercialisation of CCU technology
• How partnerships with major retail and fmcg brands have helped scale CCm’s plans
• How the CCU tech works and the business model underpinning it
• Why the “green premium” isn’t such a challenge for CCm’s business model and growth
• Future plans and scale up

Show Links:

• Connect with Pawel Kisielewski and follow his work
• Read a profile on CCm Technologies by the Ellen Macarthur Foundation
• Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
• Read up on the pilot between Nestlé, Cargill and CCm Technologies to turn cocoa shells into low carbon fertiliser
• Watch CCm Technologies on the BBC’s Countryfile program