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May 30, 2024

Meet the YC alum storing carbon in our roads

Norwegian Carbon Crusher is refurbishing roads with a byproduct of the paper industry


Mimi Billing

5 min read

Carbon removal and storage has become one of climate tech’s hottest sectors in recent years, with European governments setting aside billions of euros to capture and store carbon emissions.

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Haakon Brunell, cofounder of Carbon Crusher
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Picture of how a future version of the Carbon Crusher could look like
The futuristic version of Carbon Crusher's machine.
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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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