The blast furnaces of Tata Steel in UK, are making use of billions of bacteria to for the conversion of its emissions into materials which can be recycled by other industries to make products that includes food-packaging to animal feed.
The project, although being in its initial phase has shown promising results.
“As the world is coming to terms with the challenges of net-zero CO2 steelmaking, there are lots of options to consider. Not only in terms of different steelmaking technologies, but also around any opportunities to capture and use the carbon-based process gases,” Dr Rhiannon Chalmers-Brown from the University of South Wales said.
The project is a joint venture between Tata Steel and the University of South Wales. Through this project they are trying to explore the process of harnessing the waste from steelmaking to support other industries in order to reduce the amount of CO2 released.