Holcim Waste Management

• Holcim is working within existing material specification standards to replace cement clinker with mineral components such as fly ash, a waste material from coal-burning electric utilities, and slag, a waste by-product of steel manufacturing.  Each ton of clinker eliminated avoids one ton of CO₂ emissions that would have resulted from its manufacture.  The company has eliminated 400,000 tons of CO₂ as a result of clinker-factor reductions, and is working with government agencies and construction material specifiers to encourage further use of lower clinker-factor cements in concrete.

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