ACLA - Carbon Negative Aggregate to Decarbonise Asphalt
Maintaining and building new asphalt roads is a carbon-intensive process. In the UK alone, 25 million tonnes of asphalt are laid annually.ACLA offers a straightforward solution to significantly reduce these associated emissions.
ACLA® is a carbon-negative aggregate that can be simply added into an asphalt mix and provides a permanent carbon storage solution for the decarbonisation of asphalt.
Key Features:
- Carbon Negative
- Drop-in Solution
- Same Asphalt Processing
- Simple and Scalable Technology
- No CAPEX Required
- Only a 2-8% addition required
- Used in numerous local road and motorway schemes across the UK
- Trialled and tested as part of a National Highways Accelerator
Each tonne of ACLA® permanently removes 798kg of CO₂e from the atmosphere.
The Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) of ACLA® verifies GWP-TOTAL, A1-A3: -798 kg CO2e/T
ACLA® utilises the carbon removal technology of sequestration to permanently remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.