Storing mowing residues under the ground turns out to be a new revenue model: ‘I thought it was a very crazy idea’

Making new peat from mowing residues, combating soil subsidence, helping the climate and making money. Too good to be true? In the Weerribben-Wieden it may become reality. Here, a groundbreaking technique is being tested, which turns clippings into a CO₂ locker underground.

AD 18-12-1-24 Storing mowing residues under the ground turns out to be a new revenue model