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Betolar scoops Finnish innovation award

12 April 2024

Betolar has won the Finnish Chemical Society’s Circular Economy Innovation Award in recognition of its chemistry business idea that offers both environmental and economic benefits.  Betolar's method, industrial waste and side streams can be converted into low-carbon building materials for the needs of mining and construction. This geopolymer-based building material can reduce the carbon footprint by using standardised industrial side streams, such as fly ash and blastfurnace slag. Product development is constantly looking for new side streams to achieve sufficiently large production volumes. Betolar's products have succeeded in reducing CO 2 emissions from raw materials by up to 80 per cent compared to traditional concrete. “Betolar's solution is an excellent example of a business that relies on scientific research and aims to respond to globally significant sustainability challenges,” according to the Finnish Chemical Society.  The utilisation of side streams requires kn...