Former quarrying giant now recycles building materials
Former quarrying giant now recycles building materials
2025-10-20
A former quarrying giant in Taiwan has now joined in net-zero efforts. Instead of excavating raw materials from the environment, they now run a circular model that recycle waste materials to be reused. This not only reduces waste, but also lowers carbon emissions.
Lu Hsien-kun
President of sustainable building materials company
Don’t underestimate these raw materials. If we recycle 10,000 tons a day, that’s 300,000 tons in a month, enough to make up for quarrying at riverbeds and reducing pollution.
The “raw materials” he’s referring to include recycled gravel, waste building materials and slag. What would’ve become a pollutant if disposed of is turned into recycled pellets. The building materials company owner and his son have built this circular model in an otherwise highly polluting industry.
Lu Tung-hsuan
GM of sustainable building materials company
We only realized when doing this recycling that for the past 23 years, we’ve been trying to lower carbon emissions. If circular economy contributes 40% to net-zero reduction efforts, we in quarrying only make up a miniscule part.
Together, the family-owned business has turned quarries into material recycling plants. They also collaborate with local communities to make products with their upcycled pellets, such as this dining table. Their efforts are in line with the Ministry of Environment’s Resource Circulation Promotion Act.
Lu Tung-hsuan
GM of sustainable building materials company
How to get everyone onboard with resource circulation? It’s letting everyone see its power. The quarrying industry is so niche, but we still managed to reduce 10kg of carbon emissions. If everyone can come together, one small step from us will send ripples outwards.
The company takes part in the Ministry of Environment’s resource circulation alliance joined by eight industries, to promote sustainable local brands and encourage businesses to take part in circular economy. Through government policy and legislation, the ministry is taking Taiwan closer toward its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.
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建築用砂石也能低碳! 全新模式"再生材取代天然砂"
2025-10-20
建築過去大量使用砂石，對環境負擔很重，就有營造業者用再生材料取代天然砂石，研發出「低碳材料銀行」的新模式，把廢棄物變成能再利用的建材，不只減廢、也減碳。
[[綠營建公司董事長 呂憲坤]]
“不要小看這些原料哦，我們一天如果進一萬噸(回收)的話，一個月30萬噸，可以彌補我們河川開採，減少二次污染”
老闆口中的原料，是回收的土石，建築廢料，還有爐渣等廢棄物，這些看似會造成環境污染的垃圾，在他們手裡轉身變成再生粒料。老闆呂憲坤帶著兒子一起為環境努力，這裡是他們的低碳材料銀行。
[[綠營建公司總經理 呂東璇]]
“我們做這些回收才發覺，這23年來我們在做一件事，我們在低碳化，就是循環經濟佔整個淨零裡面的40%的貢獻的話，我們只不過一個微小的砂石業”
在父親帶領下，把砂石場轉型成廢棄物再利用工廠，更和地方社區合作，導入再生粒料，打造水磨混凝土餐桌，呼應環境部的資源循環推動法，讓廢棄物能真正變成資源。
[[綠營建公司總經理 呂東璇]]
“如何影響大家都進來，就是讓大家都看到這樣的力量，像我們砂石業這麼小，我們就可以減碳十公斤了，這股力量如果大家都匯集起來的時候，我們踩一下，地版就會震動了”
環境部推8+N資源循環聯盟、扶植產業、打造台灣綠色品牌，希望讓企業更容易把廢棄物變成新的原料，從政策和法規上支持循環利用，幫助台灣一起減廢、減碳，朝2050淨零排放的目標前進。
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