Biocarbon for Carbon Black Applications
A renewable, biogenic filler for rubber, plastics, and other compounding applications, engineered and lab tested against your formulation as an alternative to petroleum-based carbon black and recovered carbon black (rCB).
Carbon Black Still Runs on Petroleum
Carbon black is used as a reinforcing filler and pigment across tires, rubber goods, plastics, coatings, and inks, nearly all of it made from petroleum-based feedstocks. Producing it is carbon-intensive in itself, published estimates put emissions at roughly 2.4 to 3.7 tons of CO2 per ton of carbon black produced. Biocarbon offers a renewable, biogenic filler across any of these applications, engineered and lab tested against your formulation.
A Renewable Filler, Built Alongside Your Formulation
Renewable, Biogenic Sourcing
Made from forestry and agricultural residues rather than petroleum-based feedstocks, reducing dependence on volatile oil markets.
Lab Tested for Performance
Formulated and lab tested against the mechanical and performance targets your compound requires, whether that’s rubber, plastic, or another application.
Support Where You Need It
Share your compound and target properties, and we’ll help design and evaluate trial blends.
Designed With Your Compounder
We don’t ship a one-size-fits-all product. Our team works directly with your formulation team to optimize biocarbon for your specific process.
Developed Together, Tuned to Your Application
Every compound is a little different, so we don’t treat biocarbon as a one-size-fits-all drop-in. We partner with your formulation team to test and refine it for your specific application, whether that’s rubber, plastics, or something else entirely.
Cleaner Than Recycled Alternatives
Recovered carbon black (rCB) is reclaimed from end-of-life tires, a variable waste source that results in inconsistent, often lower quality material. Biocarbon is designed from the ground up from a controlled biomass feedstock, giving you a consistent filler engineered to fit your process.
Tuned to Your Process
Particle size can be tuned during processing to help match the filler behavior your formulation needs. We refine this together with your team based on trial results.
Verified Quality, Batch to Batch
Sourced from a controlled biomass feedstock rather than a mixed waste stream, we verify ash and moisture content against your specification on every batch.
Cutting Carbon at the Source
Conventional carbon black is made by partially combusting petroleum-based oils, a process estimated to emit roughly 2.4 to 3.7 tons of CO2 per ton of product. Biocarbon starts from a renewable biomass feedstock instead, giving compounders a lower-carbon filler engineered to their formulation.
Not Just Renewable, A Carbon Sink
Biocarbon is produced by capturing atmospheric carbon in trees and locking it into a stable solid form through pyrolysis. Built into your compound, that carbon stays locked in for the life of the product, effectively turning it into a small carbon sink. Realizing that benefit depends on end-of-life handling, the carbon stays sequestered as long as the product isn’t later incinerated.
From America’s Forests to Your Compound
We’re utilizing America’s forests to source biomass, then engineering it into a filler lab tested for your process.
Trees Capture It
As forests grow, trees pull CO2 from the atmosphere through photosynthesis and store it as carbon in wood and biomass.
Our Process Engineers It
That biomass is converted into biocarbon, engineered and lab tested for your compound.
Your Compound Runs With It
Biocarbon is formulated into your rubber, plastic, or other compound, reducing reliance on petroleum-based filler.
Built to Scale, Anywhere Compounding Happens
Biocarbon is made from readily available biomass, forestry and agricultural residues found in nearly every region of the world. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates the U.S. alone can sustainably supply more than a billion tons of biomass a year. That means supply isn’t the constraint, it can scale to serve compounders of any size, across any application.
A Filler Formulated to Your Compound
We supply engineered biocarbon filler across rubber, plastics, and other compounding applications. Your formulation team keeps full control over blend ratios and compound design.
Tailored Particle Size
Sized to match the filler behavior your compound needs, tested and adjusted alongside your team.
Consistent Supply
Quality-checked from batch to batch, with ash, moisture, and particle characteristics verified against your specification.
Formulation & Trial Support
Our team works alongside your compounders to test blend ratios against your mechanical and performance targets.
Common Questions From Compounders
Can biocarbon replace carbon black in my compound?
It depends on your formulation and performance targets. We lab test against your specific compound, whether that’s rubber, plastic, or another application, to find out what works.
Will it affect my compound’s mechanical properties?
Our team works with yours to test biocarbon and blends and develop a compound that meets your requirements.
What applications can biocarbon be used in?
We’re open to any compounding application, rubber, plastics, and beyond. We work with you to test and tune biocarbon for your specific use case rather than limiting it to one category.
How does biocarbon compare to recovered carbon black (rCB)?
Recovered carbon black is reclaimed from a variable waste source, end-of-life tires, which results in inconsistent, often lower quality material. Biocarbon is designed from the ground up from a controlled biomass feedstock, engineered to be consistent and fit into your process.
Does using biocarbon reduce my product’s carbon footprint?
Yes, in two ways. Conventional carbon black production is estimated to emit roughly 2.4 to 3.7 tons of CO2 per ton produced, largely from burning petroleum-based feedstocks, so biocarbon avoids that fossil emission. Biocarbon itself is also a stable, carbon-rich material made by locking atmospheric carbon into a solid form, so it can act as a small carbon sink within your product for as long as it’s in service.
Can you help us test blend ratios?
Yes. Share your target formulation and performance specs, whether for rubber, plastics, or another application, and we’ll work with you to design and evaluate trial blends.
Let’s Build the Future Together
Talk to our team about a biocarbon filler engineered for your compound.
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