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By James Peters

Progressive Planet

Province chips in $1.14M to build Kamloops pilot plant for eco-friendly concrete ingredient

Mar 25, 2025 | 3:27 PM

KAMLOOPS — On the heels of signing a multi-year federal funding deal, a Kamloops company has been awarded a provincial grant to continue producing an eco-friendly concrete ingredient.

In a news release issued Tuesday (March 25), the province says Progressive Planet will receive $1.14 million from the Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) fund.

Progressive Planet’s pilot plant is located on Sarcee Street in the Mount Paul Industrial Park.

The company uses recycled glass to produce a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) called PozGlass. The process helps shrink the significant carbon footprint of making cement.

“Cement production accounts for over 7 per cent of global CO2 emissions and creative solutions like Progressive Planet’s pilot plant in Kamloops is exactly what we need to reduce emissions here in B.C. while boosting economic development,” said Energy Minister Adrian Dix in the release.

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Lafarge Canada has committed to purchasing all the PozGlass produced by the Kamloops plant, which will begin operations in October.