Market
Market Demand
Demand for circular economy solutions in concrete production is accelerating as the industry faces increasing pressure to reduce reliance on virgin materials, lower embodied carbon, secure stable access to raw materials, and improve cost efficiency.
Current status is environmentally unbearable
- • Waste: Today construction demolition waste accounts for up to 60% of all solid waste globally, with concrete being the largest fraction – CFT is turning this waste into new concrete raw material.
- • CO2: Concrete is one of largest sources of CO2 globally – CFT can significantly reduce the net CO₂ footprint of concrete.
- • Biodiversity: Ability to replace virgin sand and gravel in concrete helps protect biodiversity - one of the cornerstones of EU circular economy policy – CFT solution reduces the need for virgin aggregates.
- • Other challenges: Current extraction and logistics model contributes to land degradation, erosion, transport-related emissions, air and water pollution – CFT can reduce these impacts by enabling localized, circular material flows.
Global challenges lay ahead
- • Lack of access: Access to suitable aggregates is tightening in many regions, increasing competition for resources and supply uncertainty. CFT strengthens supply resilience by enabling local, circular material sourcing.
- • Aggregate imports: Rising aggregate imports increase transport distances, logistics complexity, costs, and environmental impact. CFT shortens supply chains.
- • Criminal behavior: Illegal sand and gravel mining has become a significant organized criminal activity in several regions globally. CFT reduces reliance on virgin aggregates.
- • Other challenges: Increasing logistics costs, extended lead times, and operational inefficiencies are placing growing pressure on construction projects. CFT improves project efficiency and transparency.
Financial opportunities relating to circular economy
- • Giant market: Global aggregates market exceeds USD 600 billion annually and continues to grow with rising construction demand. CFT provides the first scalable circular alternative to concrete aggregates.
- • Less expensive: Virgin aggregates are increasingly subject to rising extraction and transportation costs. CFT's recycled concrete aggregates offer a cost-efficient alternative.
- • Indirect costs: Reduced transportation distances (sometime on-site), shorter lead times, improved operational efficiency drive measurable savings. CFT improves overall project economics.
- • CO2 reduction turned to profit: Reducing CO₂ emissions is becoming financially valuable through regulation, procurement scoring, and carbon pricing mechanisms. CFT converts carbon reduction into measurable economic value with certified CO2 reductions.