Coconut fibre substrate is a 100% biodegrabable and sustainable substrate of high quality. Its use can help reduce the destruction of peatbogs around the world which are so important for the environment as they reduce the CO2 emissons considerably.

At present the fibres found in the husks of the coconuts are left as waste in most of the coconut producing countries and actually create an environmental problem. This is due to the fact that farmers in the coconut producing countries often simply do not know about the use of it. We at BrazCoNut produce and market Coconut Fibre Substrate. One of our major customers is the German company ProFlora. ProFlora is specialized on procucing earths, ropes and other materials based on Coconut waste. We visited the headquarter of ProFlora in Duisburg and the CEO, Mr. Belger, agreed to acquire Coconut-earth from us for 30 cents/700 gram. Please take a look at the pictures below to get an impression of the work ProFlora is doing. 

The size of a small tab approximately equals the size of a 1€ coin. It turns into about 150 ml of perfect soil when water is added. Also, take a look at the video that is linked to the picture below.  

By returning the fibre dust to ProFlora for distribution, we return only part of the organic waste. We have found out that the Coconut fibre can be used as fertilizers and can be burned in pyrolitic stoves and turned into char-coal for heating and cooking purposes and active-coal for water purification in Congo. Burning the hard inner layer of the Coconut (Endocarp), will give us the energy to dry the Coconut meat during our production process.

That helps us supporting Congo in cleaning water by returning active-coal for that purpose and lower the CO2 emissions of our own production by burning parts of the waste.