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Inorganic Chemistry

Alternative materials could shrink concrete’s giant carbon footprint

Making cement releases 8% of the world’s anthropogenic CO₂. New formulations could slash that number

by Mitch Jacoby
November 22, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 45
Photo of workers pouring concrete from a bird's eye view.

Credit: Shutterstock | Manufacturing the cement that binds the world’s concrete structures releases massive amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere.

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