Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen has launched Aireal, an online library showcasing materials that can capture atmospheric carbon.
The fledgling library contains images and descriptions of materials developed by companies and institutes around the world.
Materials featured include olivine, an abundant mineral that can absorb its own mass of carbon dioxide when crushed and scattered on the ground.
Above: Aireal is a library showcasing materials that capture atmospheric carbon, such as olivine. Top: The mineral can be used to produce concrete
The library also features materials ranging from paper to fibre and food that neutralise atmospheric carbon dioxide by absorbing the carbon and releasing the oxygen.
"Aireal is a growing material library showing materials that capture CO2 in their production process," said van Dongen, describing the project as a" library of possibilities". "The materials were developed in the spirit of the circular economy, where waste does not exist and carbon dioxide is seen as a resource for the creation of the products that we will use tomorrow," she said.
"I hope to encourage a connection between the institutes that create these materials and designers and architects that can make use of these existing and new materials," she added.
Olivine is an abundant mineral that can absorb its own mass of carbon dioxide when finely powdered
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