The CO₂ comes from the industry and is then transported to the site in Desselgem for processing. In this way Devagro can also fully compensate for its own emissions.
Flemish Minister for Climate Melissa Depraetere (Vooruit) opened the new installation last night: “This is a perfect example of how far our companies are, where you see that West-Flemish entrepreneurship can and will be an example for the whole of our country and even for Europe.”
How is it going?
But how exactly do you produce such a climate -neutral concrete? Devagro CEO Yves Dezezelle explains it: “The CO₂ is being taken care of. It is being transported to our installation here in Desselgem and that installation will inject the CO₂ into our recycled granulates. Those granulates will stop CO₂.”
In our country, 22 million tonnes of concrete granulate from the recycling sector are eligible to save CO₂. In this way, 450,000 tons of CO₂ could be stored every year. “And it would be good if as many CO₂ as possible from the West-Flemish industry could be processed here,” Devagro says.