Concrete Firms Paid for Using Coal Ash to Reduce GHG Emissions

AURORA, CO - Concrete producers utilizing industrial byproducts in concrete mixes are earning financial incentives and furthering industry-wide economic and environmental sustainability goals through participation in the C3 Program. Industrial byproducts such as fly ash, slag, silica fume, cement kiln dust and rice hull ash, which are eligible under the C3 Program because they do not represent an increase in GHG emissions, help concrete producers reduce emissions associated with concrete production when they are used to replace portland cement in concrete mixes. Read full article found on page 8 in Issue I 2010 of ASH at Work.