During the 1980s, fossil fuel use and
cement manufacturing emitted an average of 5.4 billion (5,400 million) tonnes of carbon (in the form of CO2) per year.
At least 70 % of the carbon dioxide
emitted in the
manufacture of concrete derives from the
manufacture of Ordinary Portland
Cement: each ton of that cement creates 0.75 - 1.0 ton of carbon di
Cement: each ton of that
cement creates 0.75 - 1.0 ton of carbon di
cement creates 0.75 - 1.0 ton of carbon dioxide.