BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 20, 2021
The company on track to be the first tenant at the site of the defunct East Millinocket paper mill would take in 12,000 tons of wood chips each year and transform them into a carbon-rich soil additive that reduces the need for traditional fertilizers. Standard Biocarbon’s operation at the site of the storied mill that closed for good in 2014 would make the Maine company the largest producer of biochar on the East Coast and one of the largest in the world. CEO Frederick Horton said he hopes other tenants, such as sawmills or plywood mills, move into the rest of the mill site so they can take advantage of the heat Standard Biocarbon’s processes will create