Innovating for a sustainable future
Re-making industrial products to protect our planet through low carbon footprint solutions
Cinterest harnesses the power of pyrolysis
Eliminating Organic Waste and Municipal Solid Waste from Landfills
The issue of organic waste in U.S. landfills is becoming increasingly critical as these sites approach their capacity limits. Organic waste, which includes food scraps, yard trimmings, and other biodegradable materials, constitutes a significant portion of municipal solid waste. Total landfill capacity in the U.S. is projected to decrease by more than 15% over the next five years, with some regions facing even more severe shortages. Landfills are the third-largest source of human-related methane emissions in the United States, accounting for approximately 14.4% of these emissions in 2022.
Eliminating Aquatic Planktons - We will clean your beaches!
Aquatic planktons such as sargassum and seaweed have become a significant environmental and economic issue island nations. These planktons wash ashore in large quantities, emitting foul smells and causing health problems due to the release of gases like hydrogen sulfide. This phenomenon deters tourists, impacting the local economy heavily reliant on tourism. Additionally, when these planktons remain in open air or end up in landfills, they emit greenhouse gases (GHG) such as methane, contributing to climate change.
Lowering Embodied Carbon Emissions
Cinterest's mission is to be an innovative and sustainability focused company that embeds the different biochars out there into industrial products to lower their embodied carbon and create biochar demand.
Our Products & Services
Organic Waste Management Plants
Cinterest can assist you in your organic waste management. If you think your organic waste is overwhelming, expensive or unmanageable, get in touch! At Cinterest, we will perform extensive feasibility study and techno-economic analysis considering your goals and expectations. We will help you build a pilot plant and a full-scale facility to eliminate the problem.
Some of the expected benefits of organic waste-to-biochar conversion include:
- Elimination of organic waste fouling landfills / water bodies and preventing greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change
- Reduced disposal costs
- Production of value-added biochar, useful in many agricultural and industrial application
- Economic development and job creation
Our process reduces the organic waste by ~70% thus making its management easier and cheaper. We don’t charge you to get in touch!
Low Carbon footprint Gypsum Wall Board
Cinterest is developing a novel biochar wallboard (BWB) material as a drop-in replacement for conventional gypsum wallboard that is manufactured on a massive scale, over 25 billion square feet per year in the U.S. alone. We’ve shown that biochar, a carbon-rich material produced from plant matter (biomass) under high temperature and low-oxygen conditions, can be blended with gypsum to produce a wall board material that is essentially carbon-neutral or even carbon-negative. The carbon in biochar exists in a very stable form that resists degradation for 100 years or more, and it therefore acts as a platform for removing atmospheric carbon dioxide that the starting biomass consumed during its growth cycle. Cinterest has demonstrated prototype BWB materials with 5 to 10% biochar content by mass that effectively “cancels out” the carbon emissions generated during the wallboard manufacturing process. This significant environmental benefit can be achieved with minimal impact on critical wallboard properties, including density, water uptake, edge hardness, nail pull resistance, flexural strength and thermal conductivity.
Biodegradable Plastic Mulch
Discover our biodegradable mulch film enhanced with biochar – the smart, sustainable choice for eco-friendly farming and gardening. This innovative mulch film naturally breaks down in the soil, eliminating plastic waste and reducing labor for removal. Infused with biochar, it goes beyond weed suppression and moisture retention by enriching the soil, improving nutrient availability, and promoting microbial health. Most importantly, biochar captures and stores carbon, helping sequester CO₂ from the atmosphere and supporting net-zero emissions agriculture. Ideal for vegetable beds, orchards, and landscaping, our mulch film enhances crop performance while restoring soil health. Make the switch to a cleaner, greener growing method – protect your plants, nourish your soil, and protect the planet with every harvest.
Low Carbon Footprint Plant Pot (AgriPot)
Our AgriPot technology focuses on creating new biobased products using dairy manure and digestate (effluent from anaerobic digesters that process both dairy manure and food waste) biochars, both widely available agricultural waste streams. By converting manure into biochar and subsequently into plant containers, we are creating an economically competitive product with significant environmental sustainability benefits compared to traditional plastic pots.
Specifically, our AgriPot development project seeks to:
- Reduce energy use by utilizing waste biomass as a feedstock
- Decrease water use through improved water retention properties of biochar-infused pots
- Minimize harmful byproducts through biobased alternatives
- Lower life cycle carbon emissions through carbon sequestration in biochar and reduction of plastic waste.
Crafted from biodegradable materials and enriched with biochar, these eco-friendly pots support healthy plant growth and actively help fight climate change. Biochar is a natural soil enhancer that improves water retention, boosts nutrient uptake and, sequesters carbon — locking it into the soil for decades. By using our pots, you're contributing to a net-zero emissions approach to gardening and agriculture. Our pots naturally decompose without polluting the environment, leaving only nutrient-rich benefits behind. Ideal for nurseries, gardeners, and green businesses committed to regenerative practices. Grow better plants and a better future – one pot at a time
Low Carbon Footprint Tiles / Facades
At Cinterest, we have performed extensive research on reducing the carbon emissions in tiles that can replace ceramic tiles. Cinterest provides sustainable and low carbon footprint replacement to ceramic tiles with innovative solutions and methods. We provide a replacement for ceramic tile with a solution that is close to zero carbon emissions and that has similar mechanical properties and durability as the ceramic tile. In addition to this, they have lower density and are ~30% lighter. This will make it easy for the personnel handling construction material. Cinterest’s composite tile is made of biochar blended with post-consumer plastic and concrete. We are in the process of scaling this technology to serve high customer demands. We are utilizing biochars that are manufactured from organic waste stream biomass, thus reducing the issue of greenhouse gas emissions from landfills.
Low Carbon Footprint Packaging Trays
Enhance your food service sustainability with our high-performance trays, engineered with 10–20% biochar loading by weight. These trays are manufactured from biodegradable, plant-based polymers and reinforced with biochar, a carbon-rich material that improves mechanical strength, thermal stability, and ability to compost. The inclusion of biochar at this concentration not only provides superior structural integrity for hot and cold food applications but also contributes to carbon sequestration, supporting net-zero emissions initiatives. Upon disposal, the trays biodegrade under industrial composting conditions, leaving behind biochar that continues to enrich soil health and lock away atmospheric carbon. Designed for food service operations seeking durable, eco-friendly alternatives to traditional plastics, our trays align performance with environmental responsibility. A smart, scalable solution for circular economy goals
Biochar Integration in Anaerobic Digestion
When added to digesters, biochar provides a large surface area for microbes to colonize, which enhances microbial efficiency and boosts biogas production. It also helps capture and retain nutrients, reducing nutrient loss in the digestate. Moreover, biochar reduces odors in AD systems, improving operational conditions. The biochar-enriched digestate can then be used as a nutrient-rich soil amendment, promoting carbon sequestration while improving soil health. By integrating biochar into AD processes, operators can close the loop on waste, turning food waste into biochar and digestate, and creating a circular, sustainable bioeconomy.
Biochar Integration in Composting
In composting, biochar improves aeration and moisture retention, creating an optimal environment for microbial activity. This accelerates the breakdown of organic matter, leading to faster compost maturity times. Its porous structure captures and stores nutrients, preventing them from leaching out during the composting process, which enhances the quality of the final compost product. Additionally, biochar reduces odors in large compost piles by binding them to volatile gases responsible for bad smells, making the composting operation more pleasant and efficient. Composters can achieve circularity by pyrolyzing their own excess food waste, turning it into biochar, and then adding it back to the compost pile. This not only recycles organic waste but also enriches the compost with valuable carbon and nutrients, promoting sustainable waste management.
What we are about
Collaboration
Some of our work
Sustainability
Working with you as to find a way to decarbonize and include sustainability in all levels of your industry.
Sustainability
Some of our work
Sustainability
Our technical multidisciplinary background is grounded in sustainability. We know what it takes to be sustainable, it is not a buzzword.
Some of our work
Some of our work
Some of our work
Here you will find some peer reviewed publications through our partnership with the Rochester Insitute of Technology:
News
This ancient bit of ingenuity keeps carbon trapped for thousands of years
This ancient bit of ingenuity keeps carbon trapped for thousands of years
This ancient bit of ingenuity keeps carbon trapped for thousands of years
Our CEO Thomas Trabold talked about biochar stability and versatility in this Salon article! Check it out! https://lnkd.in/dMT8TXTt
Innovative solutions take bite out of food waste
This ancient bit of ingenuity keeps carbon trapped for thousands of years
This ancient bit of ingenuity keeps carbon trapped for thousands of years
Our CEO Thomas Trabold at Rochester Institute of Technology
Check it out!:
https://www.rit.edu/news/innovative-solutions-take-bite-out-food-waste