R2Crete funding supports waste concrete recycling pilot plant
R2Crete's recycling process can recover up to 75% of cement from waste concrete.
R2Crete, a Melbourne uni spinout, received funding for a pilot plant. The startup was founded by Dr Tuan Nguyen, MD Warren Overton, and Professor Mahdi Miri Disfani.
Dr Nguyen developed the original research. R2Crete's process turns waste concrete into reusable aggregates.
It also makes a cement replacement for new concrete. The company says it can recover up to 75% of cement.
It also cuts carbon emissions by 50%. The pilot plant will finish by the end of this year.
Field trials will start early 2027. Australia produces about 7 million tonnes of waste concrete annually.
Most of it becomes landfill. The funding bridges the gap from lab research to real-world use.
- 7 million tonnes
- Annual waste concrete in Australia
- up to 75 percent
- Cement recovery rate
- 50 percent
- Carbon emissions reduction
- early 2027
- Field trials begin
Why it mattersAustralia sends 7 million tonnes of waste concrete to landfill every year. This technology could recycle it instead and cut emissions.
AustraliaAustralian construction companies could reduce carbon emissions and landfill waste by adopting this recycled concrete technology.
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