Turning Recycled Concrete Aggregate into Carbon Sink

Date and Time: 20 May 2025 (10:00am)

Location: Sydney

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Cement manufacture is responsible for approximately 5 million tonnes of carbon emissions in Australia, yet it is trailing behind other industries in the adoption of carbon capture technologies. This delay is partly due to a lack of value-adding applications for the captured carbon to offset the associated costs.

This workshop, supported by MECLA and SmartCrete CRC and funded partly by a commonwealth grant, will showcase the findings of a collaborative project involving Boral, UTS and UNSW, aimed at developing a cost-effective technology for carbon storage. This innovative technology captures carbon dioxide through the recarbonation of recycled concrete aggregates, which are subsequently used to partially replace natural aggregates in concrete.

Speakers

• Dr Ali Nezhad, Head of Sustainability and Innovation, Boral
• Dr Camille Holt, Innovation Research Manager, Boral
• James Woodforde, Innovation Technical Lead, Boral
• Professor Vute Sirivivatnanon, University of Technology Sydney + SmartCrete CRC
• Professor Stephen Foster, University of New South Wales

Can’t make it to UTS Tech Lab Sydney to attend in person? You have the option to attend online via zoom. Register for online access.