McMinnville-based Solid Carbon says it's come up with a way to trap the carbon emitted during sewage treatment, locking it away in fresh concrete. PORTLAND, Oregon — Treated wastewater sludge is not something many people often think about, let alone as a...
Houses, roads, industrial parks – all are still traditionally built with concrete. Though, the steadily increasing demand is accompanied by an increasing scarcity of resources. At the same time the greenhouse gas emissions of the concrete industry...
“1 tonne biochar can trap 2.0-2.6 tonnes of CO2” It is well-established that the concrete industry and use of cement is one of the most emission-intensive industrial processes on Earth. Concrete is the most widely used human-made material on the planet...
A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel new method to recycle wood waste [as biochar] by incorporating it into cement and mortar mixtures, making the resulting materials both stronger and more watertight.