Concrete decarbonisation technology firm CarbiCrete has supplied three distinct product lines for Amazon’s new UK delivery station in Stockton-on-Tees, marking the inaugural global commercial deployment of its cement-free pavers at scale.
The CarbiCrete installation spans approximately 6,400 square metres of paving across pedestrian footpaths and vehicular parking areas at the logistics facility. The Stockton-on-Tees site represents Amazon’s first building pursuing version 1.1 of the International Living Future Institute’s Zero Carbon Certification, an environmental benchmark that mandates strict limits on both operational and embodied carbon.
Conventional cement manufacturing generates roughly eight per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions, with more than 900 kilograms of CO₂ emitted for every 1,000 kilograms of cement produced. CarbiCrete’s proprietary process completely eliminates cement content by utilising a industrial steel-slag byproduct as the primary binding agent in masonry and hardscape products. The manufactured concrete is subsequently cured using captured carbon dioxide, permanently mineralising the gas within the material matrix to produce a net-negative embodied carbon footprint.
Gary Belisle, Chief Executive Officer of CarbiCrete, stated that deploying the company’s cement-free products at commercial scale demonstrates the viable role of mineralised concrete alternatives in large-scale infrastructure projects.
Following the completion of the Stockton-on-Tees facility, CarbiCrete confirmed it is evaluating opportunities to leverage its expanding global manufacturing partner network across Canada, Europe, the United States, and Australia to supply future industrial construction projects.
