As our carbon revolution series continued this week, here are ten materials that store carbon including bioplastic cladding and mycelium insulation.
Sequestering carbon that has been removed from the atmosphere in buildings and products is a key way of tackling climate change.
This can be done by taking plant matter such as wood, cork, hemp and algae that has captured atmospheric carbon via photosynthesis and using it directly. Alternatively, it can be turned into other materials that store carbon more permanently.
"What if everything we're surrounded with was removing emissions instead of releasing them"" said Neema Shams of Made of Air, which makes carbon-negative bioplastic from forest and agricultural waste.
The material is carbon-negative because it contains more carbon than was emitted during the material's manufacture and use. "Climate change is a material problem"
"Climate change is really a material problem in that there's too much carbon in the atmosphere. So how come we can't turn that into our biggest resource"" Shams told Dezeen in the interview conducted as part of the carbon revolution series.
Other products utilise carbon captured from factory chimneys and other industrial processes that emit greenhouse gases.
However, such products cannot be considered carbon negative, since they do not result in a net reduction in atmospheric carbon.
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