Revolutionizing Bricks: the K-Briq solution

CGTN Europe

As well as being one of the world’s largest emitters of carbon dioxide, the construction industry is also one of the main contributors of waste to landfill in the world. Innovators are racing for solutions like the K-Briq, a green alternative to traditional bricks, it’s made of old building rubbish.  Watch the full RAZOR episode on our YouTube channel to find out more. Just look for the RAZOR science show.  #razor #razor_science #razor_science_show #razorscienceshow  #science #sciencetok  #construction #carbonemissions #bricks #waste #supermaterial #carbonfibrestone #climatecrisis

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00:00This innovative brick is tackling not just one environmental problem for the

00:09construction industry but two. It's made of old building waste that otherwise

00:14would end up in landfill but it's also manufactured in a far greener way than

00:19traditional bricks. Sam Chapman together with his co-founder Gabriela Madero saw

00:24an opportunity to stop old demolition and construction material going to waste.

00:29This is like a traditional extruded brick so traditional bricks are made through

00:34extrusion but we wanted to mimic how people see and use a traditional brick

00:39but with our obviously our new innovation and our reuse. This is an ultra-low

00:44carbon building brick made from recycled demolition and construction waste. Over

00:4990% of the material used to make this brick is from recycling.

00:59So there's plenty of wood.

01:02It's the third tool. It's the second tool.

01:04There's plenty of wood. It's the bottom tool. It's the bottom tool. It's that

01:08we'll be able to work through it and it helps us, but it tells you how to do it.

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