Pyrolysis Companies in United States

254 pyrolysis companies in United States — including plant operators, technology providers, and project developers in the North America region.

254 Total
181 Operational
2 Commissioning
24 Under Construction

Advanced Biofuels of Idaho (ABI)

Under Construction
Plant Operator

ABI is developing a commercial facility in Heyburn, Idaho, to produce renewable fuels from agricultural and food industry organic waste. Their process focuses on converting heterogeneous waste streams into renewable natural gas and other energy products.

Heyburn
Continuous
Agricultural Waste Food Industry Residue

Advanced Renewable Technology International (ARTi)

Operational
Plant Operator +1 more

Global producer of biochar and pyrolysis technology, specializing in advancing biochar science for environmental solutions. Offers biochar products, reactors, and consultation services. Systems are capable of converting various waste materials including municipal solid waste and post-consumer plastics.

Prairie City
Proprietary
biomass post-consumer plastics municipal solid waste

Advanced Torrefaction Systems, LLC (ATS)

Operational

ATS, headquartered in St. Louis, is an alternative energy company specializing in biomass torrefaction technology. Their proprietary TorreCat™ Technology converts biomass into biocoal—a coal-like fuel with high energy density—providing a carbon-neutral alternative for industrial and utility power generation.

St. Louis
Continuous
Wood residue Agricultural byproducts Switchgrass

Aether International Renewable Energy

Planned
Plant Operator

Planning to launch a new tire pyrolysis facility in Sunset, Louisiana, to convert end-of-life tires into environmentally friendly industrial commodities.

Florida
Proprietary
end-of-life tires End-of-life tires

Again & Again Farmstead

Operational
Plant Operator

Again & Again Farmstead is a permaculture farm in Tamworth, New Hampshire, that produces high-quality biochar from forestry residues using a Kon Tiki kiln pyrolysis process. The facility focuses on soil regeneration and offers inoculated biochar for agricultural use.

Tamworth
Batch
Woody biomass Forestry residues Hardwood +1

Agilyx

Decommissioned

Agilyx, an Oregon-based technology company, developed a pyrolysis process to convert a wide range of plastic waste into low-carbon fuels and chemical feedstocks. Their joint venture, Regenyx, operated a polystyrene chemical recycling plant in Tigard, Oregon, which unfortunately closed in April 2024 due to commercial viability challenges. Agilyx continues to focus on advanced recycling technology globally, but its Oregon plant is decommissioned.

Beaverton
Pyrolysis
Plastic waste (polystyrene, mixed plastics)

Agilyx (Channahon Plant)

Planned
Plant Operator

Establishing a large-scale polystyrene (PS) chemical recycling plant in Channahon, utilizing TruStyrenyx technology (pyrolysis) to break down polystyrene into styrene monomers.

Channahon
TruStyrenyx technology (pyrolysis)
polystyrene

Agilyx Corporation

Planned
Plant Operator

Plans to convert recycled plastics into jet fuel via advanced recycling (likely pyrolysis) with a proposed facility near Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Area
Advanced Recycling (Pyrolysis)
Recycled Plastics

Agri-Plas Inc.

Operational
Plant Operator

Agri-Plas Inc., based in Brooks, Oregon, is a pioneer in converting unwanted agricultural plastics and other low-value plastic waste into high-quality synthetic crude oil using a modified pyrolysis process (Plas2Fuel technology). The company began selling its crude oil to a refinery in Tacoma, Washington, in 2009 and has plans for significant expansion.

Brooks
Modified Pyrolysis (Plas2Fuel)
Agricultural plastics Greenhouse covers Nursery materials +1

Airbuild

Planned
Plant Operator

Airbuild plans to develop its first microalgae facility in Green River, Utah. This science and energy startup will extract excess nutrients from waterways and transform harvested algae and local organic waste into biochar, which will then be used as fertilizer and for carbon credit initiatives.

Green River
Pyrolysis
Microalgae Organic Waste

Alabama Renewable Energy Inc. (AREI)

Operational
Plant Operator

Established in January 2022 in Alabama, AREI is a tire recycling company that utilizes advanced pyrolysis units to transform discarded tires into fuel oil, carbon black, and steel wires through an environmentally safe and smokeless production process. Their units are deployed worldwide and adhere to ISCC certification standards.

Alabama (statewide operations)
Advanced Pyrolysis
End-of-life tires

Alléo Energy

Operational
Plant Operator

Alléo Energy (formerly Alléo) is an Alabama-based biochar company that develops carbon-negative technologies to produce green hydrogen, renewable fuels (like SAF), and biochar from cellulosic waste via a proprietary pyrolysis process. Commercial facility operational since 2023.

Bay Minette
Proprietary Pyrolysis
Cellulosic organic waste (wood chips, agricultural waste)

Alpine Forestry Utah

Operational
Plant Operator

Alpine Forestry Utah produces biochar from wood generated through wildfire mitigation efforts, using low-oxygen kilns to create biochar for soil health and carbon sequestration.

Low-oxygen kilns
Wood (wildfire mitigation)

Alterra Energy

Operational
Plant Operator

Akron-based, operates a pyrolysis plant that processes plastic waste, breaking it down into a crude oil-like mixture for further use in petrochemical plants. Formerly known as Vadxx Energy.

Akron
Pyrolysis
Plastic Waste

Amaron Energy

Operational

Amaron Energy is a Salt Lake City-based company known for its rotary pyrolysis kiln technology, including a mobile pyrolysis kiln for woody biomass. Their 24-inch diameter Rotary Pyrolysis Kiln, supported by a SUN Grant, is capable of processing up to 20 tons of biomass daily into bio-oil, biochar, and syngas.

Salt Lake City
Rotary Pyrolysis | Mobile
Woody Biomass Pinyon and Juniper Invasive Phragmites +1

American BioCarbon

Operational
Plant Operator

American BioCarbon operates a large-scale biochar production facility in White Castle, Louisiana. They utilize sugarcane bagasse, a byproduct of the local sugar industry, to produce premium biochar for agricultural soil amendment and industrial carbon sequestration products.

White Castle
Continuous
Sugarcane bagasse

American BioCarbon CT, LLC

Operational
Plant Operator

American BioCarbon operates a biochar production facility utilizing pyrolysis to convert agricultural residues, such as sugarcane bagasse, into EBC-equivalent biochar for soil health and carbon credits.

Undisclosed
Continuous
Agricultural Waste Sugarcane Bagasse

Applied Carbon (Mobile Pyrolysis)

Operational

Applied Carbon is a startup deploying mobile pyrolysis units directly in Mississippi's agricultural fields. Their portable technology converts crop residues like cornstalks and wheat straw into biochar on-site, enhancing soil health while sequestering carbon.

Unknown
Modular
Cornstalks Wheat straw Agricultural waste

Aries Clean Technologies (Linden Facility)

Operational
Plant Operator

Aries Clean Technologies operates a world-scale biosolids gasification facility in Linden, New Jersey. The plant is designed to process over 400 tons of municipal wastewater biosolids daily, converting them into renewable energy and high-quality biochar (Aries Green biocarbon).

Linden
Continuous
Municipal biosolids Wastewater sludge

Armstrong Regenerative Ag, LLC (ARA)

Planned
Plant Operator

ARA is a farm-family-owned business in Western Nebraska developing a biomass-to-bioproducts facility. The plant aims to process non-food agricultural residues like corn stover and wheat straw into biochar, bio-oil, and green electricity using advanced pyrolysis technology.

Unknown
Continuous
Corn stover Wheat straw Sorghum silage

Ashwood BioChar

Operational
Plant Operator

Ashwood BioChar produces high-quality, carbon-rich biochar from 100% sustainable woody biomass waste in Lexington, Kentucky. Their product is used as a soil amendment to improve fertility, water retention, and as a method of permanent carbon sequestration.

Lexington
Continuous
Sustainable woody biomass Wood waste

Biochar Now

Operational
Plant Operator

Biochar Now is an established private company that produces high-quality biochar from waste wood, including beetle-killed pine and discarded pallets. Their proprietary pyrolysis technology is focused on environmental remediation and soil enhancement.

Berthoud
Proprietary
Beetle-killed Pine Wood Waste Pallets

Biochar Now LLC

Operational
Plant Operator

Biochar Now is a Colorado-based commercial biochar company producing natural resource biochar from sustainably sourced pine wood. The company is one of the largest commercial biochar producers in the US and sells both bulk and packaged biochar for agricultural, horticultural, and industrial applications.

Berthoud, CO
Continuous
Wood Waste

Biochar Supreme

Operational
Plant Operator

Biochar Supreme, based in Everson, WA, produces OMRI-listed and certified organic biochar products, including their 'Black Owl (TM)' premium biochar, for organic use.

Everson
Proprietary
Biomass

BioEnergy Fuels

Operational

BioEnergy Fuels is a Utah-based company specializing in catalytic pyrolysis solutions for converting waste into sustainable biofuels, with exclusive rights to a patented bauxite residue catalytic pyrolysis process.

Utah (Unspecified City)
Catalytic Pyrolysis | Proprietary
Waste (various)

Bioenergy Innovation Center (Bioenergy Devco)

Operational
Plant Operator

The Bioenergy Innovation Center in Seaford is a hub for organic waste recycling, primarily focusing on the poultry industry. While utilizing anaerobic digestion for RNG, the center integrates thermochemical processes for residual management and bio-fertilizer production.

Seaford
Modular
Poultry Litter Hatchery Waste Agricultural Residuals

Biomass Controls PBC

Operational

Biomass Controls provides innovative thermochemical refinery technology (Kelvin) for processing biosolids and organic waste. Their systems produce biochar and renewable heat, focusing on decentralized waste management.

Woodstock
Modular
Biosolids Food Waste Animal Manure

Biomass Energy Techniques (BET)

Operational

Designs, builds, and supports Pyrolysis Rotary Drum (PRD) units which convert waste into clean energy, biochar, and carbon credits. Dakota Biochar utilizes their reactor technology.

Pyrolysis Rotary Drum (PRD)
waste biomass

Biomass Engineering & Equipment

Operational

Listed in the US Biochar Initiative directory under the 'EQUIPMENT - Manufacture' sector, indicating their role in providing machinery for biomass processing.

Indiana
Biomass processing machinery

BioPower Inc.

Under Construction
Plant Operator

BioPower Inc. converts organic biomass into renewable energy through pyrolysis, producing green hydrogen, electricity, biofuels, biochar, and graphene. They are developing a biomass-to-electricity facility in Eufaula, Alabama.

Dothan
Pyrolysis
Organic biomass

Biowaste Pyrolysis Solutions (BPS)

Planned

BPS is a privately held company that employs its proprietary Automated Micro Pyrolysis (AMP) technology to convert waste from wastewater treatment facilities into energy.

Proprietary Automated Micro Pyrolysis (AMP)
Waste from wastewater treatment facilities

Blizzard Energy, Inc.

Operational
Plant Operator

Blizzard Energy operates a commercial tire pyrolysis facility in Great Bend, Kansas. The plant utilizes advanced thermal decomposition to reclaim liquid pyrolysis oil, recovered carbon black (rCB), and steel from end-of-life scrap tires, while recycling syngas to power its own operations.

Great Bend
Continuous
End-of-life tires

Blue World BioChar

Operational
Plant Operator

Blue World BioChar, based in Salem, New Hampshire, utilizes a patented pyrolysis process to produce high-purity biochar (93%+ carbon) for industrial and agricultural applications. The company targets diverse markets including building materials, water filtration, and carbon credits.

Salem
Proprietary
FSC approved organic timber Woody biomass

BluSky Carbon Inc. (Warren Facility)

Operational
Plant Operator

BluSky Carbon is a decarbonization company producing biochar at its AR1 facility in Warren, Arkansas. The plant uses Vulcan Heavy pyrolysis systems to process regional wood waste into stable biochar for carbon removal credits.

Warren
Continuous
Softwood Wood Chips Yellow Pine Forestry Waste

Bolder Industries

Operational
Plant Operator

Acquired the former Pyrolyx facility in Terre Haute, Indiana, and commenced production in early 2023, focusing on advanced sustainable chemical manufacturing from end-of-life tires.

Terre Haute
Proprietary pyrolysis
end-of-life tires End-of-life tires

Bolder Industries (Colorado HQ)

Operational

Bolder Industries is a leading circular solution provider for end-of-life tires. While their primary production facilities are in Missouri and Indiana, they are headquartered in Boulder and lead global commercialization of recovered carbon black and pyrolysis oil.

Boulder
Continuous
End-of-Life Tires

Braven Environmental

Operational
Plant Operator

Braven Environmental operates a commercial-scale plastic pyrolysis facility in Zebulon, North Carolina. The plant processes mixed plastic waste to produce 'Braven PyChem,' a high-quality pyrolysis oil used as a feedstock for new plastic production (circular economy) or as an alternative fuel.

Zebulon
Continuous
Mixed Plastics Hard-to-recycle plastics

Brightmark

Planned
Plant Operator

Developing a large-scale plastic pyrolysis plant in Thomaston, converting mixed plastics into pyrolysis oil.

Thomaston
Plastics Renewal® (pyrolysis)
mixed plastics

Brightmark Energy (Ashley, Indiana)

Operational
Plant Operator

Operates a large-scale pyrolysis facility in Ashley, Indiana, designed to chemically recycle plastic waste into synthetic gas and pyrolysis oil.

Ashley
Pyrolysis
plastic waste

C&S Processing Company

Operational

Provides plastic recycling services, including toll grinding, to resize waste plastic into suitable forms for manufacturing applications.

Proprietary
Waste plastic

Cabot Corp. (Circular Products)

Operational

Headquartered in Boston, Cabot Corp. is a global leader in specialty chemicals and performance materials. They have launched 'circular reinforcing carbons' produced using pyrolysis oil from end-of-life tires, aiming to integrate sustainable feedstocks into the global tire and rubber supply chains.

Boston
Proprietary
Tire Pyrolysis Oil (TPO)

Capstone Green Energy (Swine Waste Project)

Commissioning
Plant Operator

Capstone Green Energy operates a 6.6-megawatt renewable energy facility in North Carolina that utilizes a proprietary pyrolysis process to convert swine waste into biogas. The facility uses microturbine technology to generate combined heat and power (CHP) for on-site and regional use.

Unknown
Proprietary
Swine waste Agricultural manure

Carba

Operational

Carba is a Minnesota-based climate tech startup that utilizes a proprietary torrefaction-like process to convert plant waste and agricultural byproducts into a stable solid carbon. This carbon is then sequestered underground, providing a permanent and verifiable carbon removal solution.

Minneapolis
Proprietary
Agricultural waste Woody biomass

Carbon Harvest LLC

Under Construction
Plant Operator

Based in Cincinnati, Carbon Harvest LLC specializes in municipal biochar projects and develops products and services aimed at restoring soil health. They are actively collaborating with Cincinnati Parks on a biochar facility project.

Cincinnati
Pyrolysis
Wood Waste Plant Waste

CarbonZero.Eco

Operational
Plant Operator

CarbonZero operates a commercial biochar plant in Colusa County, California, converting almond shells into biochar for soil health and carbon credits. They have secured major credit offtake agreements with global players like Climeworks.

Colusa County
Continuous
Almond Shells Agricultural Waste

Carolina Renewable Products (CRP)

Under Construction
Plant Operator

Carolina Renewable Products is developing a $280 million biomass-to-renewable diesel plant in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. The facility will convert 400,000 dry tons of sustainable wood biomass annually into renewable diesel, biochar, and wood vinegar, with operations expected to commence in late 2026.

Orangeburg
Proprietary
Wood Biomass Forestry Residues Wood-products Waste

Char Power

Planned
Plant Operator

Developing three biochar production projects in Des Moines, Iowa, aimed at processing vast amounts of area biomass to produce biochar for improving agricultural soil health.

Des Moines
Proprietary
biomass

Charm Industrial

Operational
Plant Operator

Charm Industrial is a pioneer in permanent carbon removal. They use mobile pyrolysis units to convert agricultural and forestry residues into bio-oil, which is then sequestered in EPA-regulated underground wells.

San Francisco
Modular
Agricultural Residues Forestry Residues Wildfire Mitigation Waste +2

CharTech / Synagro (Connecticut Pilot)

Commissioning
Plant Operator

A partnership between CharTech Solutions and Synagro to deploy commercial-scale high-temperature pyrolysis (HTP) in Connecticut. The facility is designed to eliminate PFAS from biosolids while producing biochar and renewable energy.

New Haven
Continuous
Biosolids Sewage Sludge

ChemPlax

Operational

Specializes in toll compounding, custom compounding, and closed-loop recycling systems for plastics.

Kenton
Proprietary

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