For every 1,000 kilograms of cement the world produces, 600 kilograms of carbon dioxide are dumped into the atmosphere. If that doesn’t sound like a lot, consider that last year the world made about 4 ...

The benefits of using industrial cement kilns as a waste solution for energy containing wastes are both obvious and double-sided, they completely destroy the waste and at the same time, replace ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it would not require cement manufacturers -- including the nation’s largest emitter, in Tehachapi, Calif. -- to ...

The European Cement Association estimates that up to 95 percent of traditional fuels used in Cement production can be replaced with alternative fuels and raw materials (AFR) to help reduce emissions ...

The global consumer goods industry’s plans for dealing with the vast plastic waste it generates can be seen here in a landfill on the outskirts of Indonesia’s capital, where a swarm of excavators ...

For more than 100 years, the Saylor kilns have stood as red-bricked sentinels, protecting Coplay’s ties to the cement industry that gave it life. But the nine aging structures in Lehigh County-owned ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Dust swirls in the air at a cement ...

Should you have feedback on this article, please complete the fields below. Please indicate if your feedback is in the form of a letter to the editor that you wish to have published. If so, please be ...