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Bricks Cut Carbon Emissions

May 4, 2012 /

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Making brick is carbon-intensive, because firing them requires a lot of energy; in addition, many countries’ traditional brick-making is powered by coal.

British company Encos http://encosltd.com/ makes bricks that are carbon-negative, the company says. The bricks are made of recovered particulate matter from quarries, waste from coal plants and even sewage slurry. Those are mixed with vegetable oil. Within the oil are molecules called glycerides and triglycerides.

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