Geocycle: making construction more sustainable

Geocycle
Type of organisation or company
Country
Austria
City
Retznei
Language for original content
Project elaborated in partnership
No
Ongoing
Yes
Type of funding
Description

Geocycle provides solutions for recycling raw materials as inputs for cement production.

During the cement-making process, they replace carbon-intensive traditional materials and fossil fuels with low-carbon equivalents, such as waste biomass, to reduce CO2 emissions.

By recycling end-of-life materials, they reduce the amount of virgin resources used in construction projects. There are two stages to their process: the first is pre-treatment which involves turning a wide variety of waste into a homogenous mix through shredding, blending and drying. The second stage is co-processing which recovers energy and materials from waste to power the cement production process. The recycled material replaces clinker, the main ingredient in cement that takes a great deal of energy to produce.

As a result, 100% of the waste input is recycled and recovered without producing any residue.

They use non-hazardous and hazardous industrial waste, sorted municipal waste and agricultural residues, including shredded solid waste, tyres, plastics, glass and tiles.

Main activity field
Main results
  • Geocycle is present in nearly 200 locations across 40 countries.
  • Their solution makes construction, a very polluting and waste-intensive industry, more circular by using waste as a resource.