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Concrete absorbs large amounts of CO2

Like trees, concrete buildings absorb CO2. New calculations show that concrete absorbs roughly 30 percent of the amount of CO2 that cement production emits.

By Birgitte Dalgaard, , 9/21/2020

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Gang Liu is a Professor at SDU Life Cycle Engineering, Department of Green Technology. Gang Liu describes himself as an enthusiastic industrial ecologist. The idea behind industrial ecology is that waste and recyclable material are used for new production in controlled networks that in principle leave a harmless ecological footprint.

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Editing was completed: 21.09.2020