Impact
Pioneering technology + pioneering thinking
The way we use carbon is unsustainable. If no action is taken, CO2 in the atmosphere will double by 2100. Licella’s Cat-HTR™ technology offers a low carbon solution to help achieve decarbonisation and reduce our reliance on fossil resources.
We work with nature's carbon cycle, recapturing carbon from recovered resources
TechnologyWhere others see waste, we see resources
“Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to be dispersed because we’ve been ignorant of their value.”
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER
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Environmental impact for biomass
Licella is helping to divert biomass residues from non-environmentally friendly disposal, such as burning or burying, to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Black carbon from burning agricultural waste is the second biggest contributor to global warming and the largest source of dioxin emissions in Australia.
When transforming biomass, we exclusively use non-edible feedstocks and agricultural residues to ensure no competition with crops, or land used for food.
Utilising landfill-destined feedstocks further reduces GHG emissions, particularly methane – this also provides a clean energy alternative to incineration.
Our Cat-HTR™ HTL process uses water as the “agent of change” – meaning that there is no need to dry the biomass prior to processing – which is a huge advantage over other approaches, significantly reducing the process cost and the plant’s complexity.
Environmental impact for plastic
Australia alone uses 3.4 million tonnes of plastic each year, but less than 13% is recycled. Globally, 91% of all plastic has not been recycled.
If current trends continue by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans.
Bold and rapid action is needed to change the tide of plastics and enable a circular economy where we reduce, reuse, recycle plastic as a resource, diverting it from landfill and the natural environment.
Cat-HTR™ HTL process is the next-generation of advanced recycling, transforming previously non-recyclable plastic into a circular resource which reduces the demand for fossil oil in creating new plastic.
Our Cat-HTR™ technology delivers double the value and half the emissions of burning plastic for energy.
Technology with impact
Dow and Mura Technology announce largest commitment of its kind to scale global advanced recycling rates
Licella congratulate Mura, UK-based developer and licensee of Cat-HTR™ platform, on its announcement with Dow , the world’s leading materials science company.
READ MORELabor Announcement Supports Australian-first Biorefinery, Transforming Sugarcane Waste into Jet Fuel
A Labor Government would provide Licella with a $5 million grant towards the development of a QLD biorefinery to transform sugarcane waste into SAF.
READ MOREArbios Biotech #10 in 50 Hottest Projects in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2022
Arbios Biotech, Licella's joint-venture with Canfor, awarded number 10 in the 50 Hottest Projects in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2022 at ABLC.
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