Why do the National Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club and the EPA support the recycling of fly ash into construction products?
While the federal government is encouraging renewable generation like wind, solar and biomass, coal-fired generation is still a substantial component of our energy mix. Coal-fired generation is responsible for about 50% of the power supplied to our electricity grid and U.S. electric utilities generate 130 million tons of CCP’s (coal combustion products) every year. Fly ash has been used as a substitute and complement for Ordinary Portland Cement for decades—it is a ubiquitous material in modern construction and design. When used in building materials, fly ash is bound safely within a solid matrix. The EPA’s C2P2 (Coal Combustion Products Partnership) program has encouraged fly ash use to reduce CO2 emissions and reduce landfill burdens since the early 1990s.
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