Climate-Friendly Concrete Paves Path to Green Construction

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July 23, 2024, 6:30 PM

• •A California company has developed a novel way of making concrete that doesn’t contribute to global warming.
• •The company’s product is made from naturally occurring, abundant rocks — such as zeolite — whose processing does not produce carbon dioxide.
• •The company has poured hundreds of tons of carbon-absorbing concrete for sidewalks, foundations and shear walls in Washington state, Arizona, California, and Ontario, Canada.

A California company has developed a new type of concrete that is carbon neutral and commercially available. The concrete is made from naturally occurring, abundant rocks that do not produce carbon dioxide when processed. The company has received millions of dollars in government grants and has poured hundreds of tons of its concrete for sidewalks, foundations and shear walls in Washington state, Arizona, California, and Ontario, Canada.

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