Rethinking Yard Waste: How Recap is Turing Trash Into Biochar

Hi—glad you’re here.

We’re Josh and Austin.  We launched reCap with a mission in mind: to rethink what “waste” really means, and we are starting with something most people don’t think twice about – yard trash.

It may not sound glamorous, but it matters. A lot. Communities across the U.S. spend billions every year managing waste, and despite all the innovation we talk about, most of it still ends up the same way it has for thousands of years—buried in the ground. Modern landfills are far more sophisticated than a hole in the dirt, but the core idea is the same.

We think it’s time that changed.

We believe waste isn’t just something to manage—it’s something to rethink, to recover, and to put back to work. Done right, that shift can reduce environmental impact, preserve valuable landfill space, and lower costs for communities.

We’ve been working on a plan to do it for almost a year.

And now we get to prove it.

We’re incredibly excited to be partnering with the team at Leon County’s Office of Resource Stewardship on something that hasn’t been done before: building and operating the first biochar production system at an active municipal solid waste facility. Anywhere.

Yes—world first.

Over the next six months, we’ll be putting our approach to the test. If we’re successful, we’ll continue refining and scaling the model for another six months. Our goal is simple: show that this isn’t just a good idea on paper—it’s a practical, scalable solution that diverts material from landfills, reduces emissions, and creates a valuable product.

So what exactly is “reCap”?
Why yard trash?
What is biochar—and why does it matter?

And why Leon County?

We’ll get into all of that—and more—in the posts ahead.

We’re just getting started.