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Mar 15, 2016

Researchers turn carbon dioxide into sustainable concrete

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Imagine a world with little or no concrete. Would that even be possible? After all, concrete is everywhere—on our roads, our driveways, in our homes, bridges and buildings. For the past 200 years, it’s been the very foundation of much of our planet.

But the production of cement, which when mixed with water forms the binding agent in concrete, is also one of the biggest contributors to . In fact, about 5 percent of the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions comes from concrete.

An even larger source of is emitted from smokestacks at around the world. Carbon emissions from those plants are the largest source of harmful global greenhouse gas in the world.

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