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Australian scientists add recycled coffee grounds to cement

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Comment on this storyComment MELBOURNE, Australia — If there is one thing this city prides itself on, it is its coffee. Melbourne considers itself the mecca of cafe culture in Australia, with tattooed-and-pierced baristas making strong artisanal brews for coffee-snob customers on almost every corner. But as with all consumption, there is waste. Australia produces … Read more

Materials Evolution raises $19M to decarbonise the cement business

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Within the industrial world, cement is about as omnipresent as supplies get. However regardless of its clear and apparent utility, cement is accountable for some 8% of worldwide CO2 emissions — if it was a rustic, it will be third greatest emitter globally, by some estimations. Whereas cement’s ubiquity comes largely right down to how … Read more