My company, Eco Carbons, is essentially a company that processes organic waste. I began originally with a broad-acre farming background that includes working with cereal grains and animal husbandry when I was in England. I worked mostly with sheep, cattle, and pigs before coming to Australia. When I relocated, I became involved in public relations for a cement company. It was there that I became involved with developing and implementing innovations with different kinds of cement, especially dealing with the agricultural industry.
I also had prior knowledge and experience with fertilizers, organic spraying, and soil improvement. I began to investigate the use of cement as a soil binder and the concrete construction of farming buildings. I became a specialist in area involving cement, especially in the research and development in the strengths and development of concrete. Through my involvement with a West Australian technology group called APACE, which involved themselves with low-cost, low capital intensive concepts. Their belief, based on the Schumacher’s principles, is small is beautiful and small is possible when it came to producing low energy input buildings and other technologies and create jobs in the local community.
Through the various missions I have been involved with over the years, helping underdeveloped regions learn how to use their skills and local materials to improve their lives, I took a lot of knowledge with me about using recycled goods. Eventually, I heard about and met with several wheat and grain farmers from Canada. Together we ventured to combine Canadian know-how with Australian technology which led up to our current, patented process. Basically, we take raw materials that do not hold any nutritional value, such as nutshells, fruit stems, vegetable peels, and rejected grain, process it and produce carbon, like a charcoal under controlled conditions. We can then alter the size, shape, and weight of the raw material after it is burned at a certain temperature to suit a particular application. The process is completely non-toxic and safe to handle and use for any reason. The process also allows for more convenience in building by reducing the weight and the cost of the supplies.
We also produce a porous bead that helps to harvest water and nutients from the soil. The beads are also non-toxic and do not break down. The beads acts as an aerator, and insulator, a filter, and a retainer for water and nutrients, improving the quality of soil.
Eco Carbons is a product of my years of involvement in several different industries ad explorations of different application. Being able to positively contribute to the sustainability of our environment has always been a recurring theme in my life, my career, and my company. I think that the organic waste business will become a booming one and I am very excited to be a part of it.
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