Decarbonizing Cement with Apoorv Sinha, Carbon Upcycling

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⁠Apoorv Sinha⁠ is the co-founder and CEO of ⁠Carbon Upcycling Technologies⁠, a Calgary-based startup turning industrial waste and captured carbon into low-cement.

Cement is a huge part of modern life but also one of the biggest sources of carbon pollution. Carbon Upcycling helps cement producers lower their emissions by replacing traditional cement with low-carbon alternatives made from industrial or mine waste and reacting it with CO2 to permanently lock away carbon.

Their tech slots right into existing plants and helps cement makers localize their supply chains, making it easier and cheaper to cut emissions while building the infrastructure Canada needs.

ABOUT APOORV

Apoorv is a chemical engineer by trade and has extensive experience in conventional energy.

Since launching Carbon Upcycling in 2014, he’s built partnerships with some of the biggest cement companies in the world, including CRH, Titan, and CEMEX, and just closed a major funding round led by Builders Vision.

TALKING POINTS

• How waste from mining and steelmaking can replace emissions-heavy cement ingredients

• Why working with local materials matters for climate, economics, and supply chain security

• What it takes to scale a startup in Canada’s hard-to-decarbonize sectors

• The policy and funding tools that could speed up adoption

• Why Canada's infrastructure push is a huge opportunity for climate tech

RESOURCES

• Carbon Upcycling

• Find Apoorv on LinkedIn

• Apoorv’s op-ed in the Toronto Star: How Canada could morph into a manufacturing superpower

• Industrial partners: CRH, CEMEX, Titan

• Oxy (Occidental Petroleum)

• Builders Vision

• Carbon Upcycling’s Mississauga plant

• Canada Growth Fund

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