Progressive Planet books agency grant for PozGlass SCM production

A Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) commitment of up to $4.6 million, phased through 2028, positions Progressive Planet Solutions to add a PozGlass supplementary cementitious material pilot plant at its Kamloops, B.C. headquarters operation. The company’s patent-pending process entails sodium extraction from post-consumer, soda-lime glass; combining sodium and carbon dioxide to form sodium carbonate; and, conversion of sodium carbonate to…

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Agency powers glass-derived pozzolan production in Pacific NW

Sources: Progressive Planet Solutions, Kamloops, British Columbia; CP staff A Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) commitment of up to $4.6 million, phased through 2028, positions Progressive Planet Solutions to proceed with a pilot plant for PozGlass, a supplementary cementitious material. The company’s patent-pending process entails sodium extraction from post-consumer, soda-lime glass; combining sodium and carbon dioxide to form sodium carbonate;…

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SCM developer Progressive Planet tests plasma-processed quartz silica

Sources: Progressive Planet Solutions Inc., Kamloops, British Columbia; CP staff Progressive Planet cites promising compressive strength performance of concrete specimens prepared with PozPyro, a supplementary cementitious material processed with plasma technology and abundantly available crystalline silica feedstock. Designed in collaboration with Pyrogenesis Canada, the binder exhibits potential as a partial portland cement replacement. Mortar cube testing on four separate PozPyro…

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Lafarge Canada sets PozGlass on commercialization pathway

Under a new purchase agreement, Lafarge Canada Inc. will assume the entire run of PozGlass 100G ground glass pozzolan—upward of 3,500 metric tons—from a pilot British Columbia facility that developer Progressive Planet has scheduled for 2024 start up. PozGlass 100G technology centers on a reactor engineered to transform the sodium in finely ground, post-consumer glass to sodium carbonate, formed with…

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Lafarge Canada secures full output of recycled glass pozzolan plant

Sources: Progressive Planet, Kamloops, British Columbia; CP staff  Under a new purchase agreement, Lafarge Canada Inc. will assume the entire run of PozGlass 100G ground glass pozzolan—upward of 3,500 metric tons—from a pilot Progressive Planet facility in British Columbia, scheduled for 2024 start up. PozGlass 100G technology centers on a reactor equipped to transform the sodium in finely ground, post-consumer…

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