Our biochar is a highly porous pure carbon structure derived from the thermal transformation of olive biomass.
It acts as an underground micro-reservoir in your soil: it improves soil physics, stores water, and retains nutrients near the roots without degrading over the years.
Biochar Properties
(*) Suitable for regenerative and organic agriculture
WATER
SOIL
CLIMATE
ORIGIN
Its porous structure stores water, reduces run-off and leaching, and helps crops to become more resilient to drought and extreme heat.
Its micropores offer protected habitats for beneficial microorganisms and mycorrhizal fungi, activating and sustaining soil life.
It retains nutrients and releases them gradually; it improves soil chemistry and structure; it can lead to significant increases in productivity, especially in degraded and dry soils.
It can absorb pesticides and heavy metals, helping to reduce their mobility and impact on soil and water.
It increases stable carbon in the soil, reducing CO₂ that would return to the atmosphere and contributing to the decrease in emissions of other gases such as nitrous oxide and methane.
The carbon it stores remains in the earth for hundreds of years; biochar application has lasting effects and does not behave like a recurring input.
Our biochar is obtained from olive pulp and by-products, not from tree felling, avoiding additional pressure on deforestation.
Our Biochar
At Carboliva, biochar is obtained exclusively from olive pulp and pits from olive groves, a local and controlled biomass that ensures a clear origin and consistent composition.
Our own continuous pyrolysis system, developed and patented to adapt to olive pomace drying and olive biomass.
Exclusive use of olive pulp and pits, a local and controlled biomass that ensures a clear origin and constant composition.
Biochar backed by key European certifications, which guarantee product quality, safety, and traceability.
A simple journey through our process, from olive biomass to the final product
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We start with olive pulp and pits from the oil industry, a traceable and homogeneous biomass.
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PRODUCT CONTROL
Screening and calibration of the material to obtain the exact particle size for each use.
Packaging in Big-Bags and sacks ready for distribution and farm logistics.
100% stabilised, traceable biochar certified with EU registration as a fertiliser.
Biochar in numbers
Increase recorded during the first year in traditional olive trees, according to trials by the Soil O-Live project.
Estimate associated with better nutrient retention in the root zone and lower loss through leaching.
Irrigation savings recorded in turf and surfaces with high water requirements.
Carbon storage equivalence per tonne of biochar produced from olive by-products.
Certifications
Carboliva’s olive biochar holds the strictest European approvals, technical and regulatory guarantees that support its use, consolidating its legal and commercial viability in multiple sectors.
Guarantees the sustainability of the thermochemical process, product quality, and chemical safety.
Granted by CAAE as a harmonized fertilizer, legal in all 27 Member States.
UNE / CAAE certification that endorses its direct use in organic farming.
Granted by CAAE as a harmonized fertilizer, legal in all 27 Member States.
Strict compliance with the European regulatory framework for the safe management of chemical substances.
