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Progressive Planet Secures $1.14 Million from BC's Innovative Clean Energy Fund to Advance PozGlass Pilot Plant
Progressive Planet Secures $1.14 Million from BC's Innovative Clean Energy Fund to Advance PozGla...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n Progressive Planet Secures $1.14 Million from BC's Innovative Clean Energy Fund to Advance PozGlass Pilot Plant\n \n\n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Canada NewsWire\n \n\n\n\n\n\n KAMLOOPS, BC\n \n\n ,\n \n\n March 25, 2025\n \n\n /CNW/ - Progressive Planet\n \n (\n \n TSXV: PLAN) (OTCQB: ASHXF) (\"Progressive Planet\", \"PLAN\", or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce it has been awarded a\n \n $1,140,000\n \n grant from the British Columbia Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) Fund, supporting the continued development of its revolutionary PozGlass\n \n ™\n \n pilot plant.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n PozGlass\n \n ™\n \n represents a breakthrough in low-carbon cement technology, transforming post-consumer glass into a high-performance supplementary cementitious material (SCM). This funding represents another significant milestone as the company scales its solution to address cement's substantial carbon footprint.\n \n\n \"Cement production accounts for over 7% of global CO₂ emissions and creative solutions like Progressive Planet's pilot plant in\n \n Kamloops\n \n is exactly what we need to reduce emissions here in B.C. while boosting economic development,\" said\n \n Adrian Dix\n \n , Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions. \"With support from the British Columbia Innovative Clean Energy Fund, Progressive Plant is scaling up their pilot project, which is focused on reducing the cement industry's carbon footprint by transforming waste materials into valuable resources.\"\n \n\n \"PozGlass\n \n ™\n \n is the right solution at the right time,\" said\n \n Steve Harpur\n \n , CEO of Progressive Planet. \"We're tackling two major environmental challenges at once: reducing cement's carbon footprint and creating a high value use for post-consumer glass that would otherwise end up in landfills. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of\n \n British Columbia\n \n through the Ministry of Energy and Climate. The financial assistance of the BC Ministry of Energy allows us to scale up BC-based tec...