The concrete additive transforms regular concrete into a version that actively captures carbon dioxide pollution from the air.
The company aims to “remove a billion tons of CO2 pollution” with the technology, which has already been used in a US Department of Transportation paving project and won several sustainability awards.
According to the University of California Los Angeles Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, carbon sequestration projects are an integral part of keeping global temperature rise below the Paris Climate Agreement goal of 2 degrees Celsius.