From food waste to carbon storage, new cement options are popping up all over the world.
, but Machida and Sakai developed the world’s first process for cement made entirely from food waste.
In 2019, researchers from the National Taipei University of Technology in Taiwan and the Water Resources Department in India discovered thatcould partially replace coarse materials and binding materials in green concrete. Plenty more alternatives exist, and though these innovations are early in their development, they bring building materials closer to meeting reduced carbon emissions goals.
That isn’t to say that it couldn’t be done or isn’t worth it, Mone adds. But one type of technology won’t fix all the issues in the building industry. So, using food cement or cement alternatives in concrete for more complicated and building-intensive purposes would require significant safety and durability testing, Mone says. And the organizations that regulate the industry and contractors themselves would have to be convinced of its viability.
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