Cement manufacturer Lafarge Canada Inc. and Geocycle Canada, which specializes in large-scale recovery and recycling projects for industries reliant on fossil fuels, have opened a more than $10-million low-carbon fuel plant in Brookfield, N.S.The Geocycle plant, at Lafarge’s Brookfield Cement Plant, will divert approximately 14,000 tonnes of waste – including post-consumer plastic – away from landfills annually once it’s fully up and running. That waste will be pre-processed into low-carbon fuel, minimizing Brookfield’s reliance on traditional fossil fuels.Waste diversion is expected to reduce carbon emissions at the plant by more than 12,000 tonnes per year, Lafarge officials said in a Sept. 24 news release, which is equivalent to taking 13,480 passenger vehicles off the road.Lafarge Canada and Geocycle, both members of Holcim Group, said the project represents one of the “most transformative initiatives” in the 50-year history of the cement plant. It was partially funded with a $3.53 million from the federal government’s Energy Innovation Program (EIP), created to advance clean energy technologies to support Canada’s transition to a low-carbon economy.The low-carbon fuel plant — the first of its kind by Geocycle in the country — will take waste products like non-recyclable plastics, and, eventually, construction and demolition waste materials from local sources, and turn it into low carbon fuels to make cement and concrete for new construction projects in the area.Plant work started in June 2024 when the Lafarge and Geocycle began collecting water from local manufacturers and materials recovery facilities for pre-processing at the new facility. (ICE TORONTO)

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