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Shrinking cement's massive carbon footprint

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Mehdi Rashidi, Senior Research Scientist at Sublime Systems, conducts a strength test on a concrete column. (Somerville, Mass, 9/7/2023)
Mehdi Rashidi, senior research scientist at Sublime Systems, conducts a strength test on a concrete column. (Photo by Daniel Ackerman/WBUR).

Cement is the most massively human-produced material on earth, and the production of it emits an enormous amount of carbon into the atmosphere.

WBUR's Daniel Ackerman explains how one startup in Massachusetts is working to shrink cement's carbon footprint.

This segment aired on October 30, 2023.

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