ecocycle
HOLCIM´S CIRCULARITY technology TO BUILD CITIES FROM CITIES
Creating value from waste, we are building cities from cities with our proprietary ECOCycle circular technology.
Billions of tons of construction demolition materials (CDM) are generated worldwide each year. Holcim’s vision is to close the loop in construction and decouple economic growth from resource use. We are driving circular construction at scale across key metropolitan areas with ECOCycle, our circularity technology.
Holcim is deploying ECOCycle across a range of building solutions to scale up circular construction, reducing its use of natural resources and environmental footprint. ECOCycle-labeled products guarantee a content of minimum 10% up to 100% recycled CDM – with no compromise on quality and performance, cutting across applications from filler for road construction to replacing virgin aggregates in concrete all the way to serving as a decarbonized formulation in cement.
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Holcim is at the forefront of driving circular construction in metropolitan areas across the world, to build cities from cities. Designed to accelerate circular change and close the material loop in construction, ECOCycle enables us to build cities from cities by recycling from 10% up to 100% of construction demolition materials into new building solutions.
WHY ECOCYCLE?
The future of construction is circular. As the world’s population grows, we are building the equivalent of Madrid every week. We need to do so sustainably – with solutions that not only improve people’s quality of life but reduce, recycle and reuse materials.
Making circular construction a driver of profitable growth, we are committed to building cities from cities, reducing use of primary materials and minimizing waste, while also generating revenues from recycling fees.
Holcim offers high-value, advanced sustainable building solutions that incorporate recycled material, with no compromise on performance.
ECOCycle is central to our commitment to circular construction. ECOCycle is enabled by efficiently distributing, processing, grinding and recycling construction demolition materials into new building solutions with no compromise on quality and performance.
At least 10% recycled cONSTRUCTION DEMOLITION MATERIALS
A major opportunity to accelerate the shift to a circular economy lies in how we process construction demolition materials. Construction and demolition activities generate billions of tons of waste worldwide each year.
By deploying our ECOCycle circular technology across a range of building solutions, we produce products carrying our ECOCycle circular label (available in 12 markets) that guarantee a content of minimum 10% up to 100% CDM, with no compromise on quality and performance. Solutions include raw materials for use in low-carbon cement formulations and recycled aggregates for use in concrete or as fillers for road construction.
At Holcim, we recycled nearly 8 million tons of construction demolition materials in 2025 and aim to reach at least 20 million tons by 2030.
By reusing construction demolition materials in the production of new building solutions, we can:
- Close the loop in construction to build cities from cities
- Reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill
- Reduce our dependence on virgin raw material
- Make a positive impact on biodiversity by extracting fewer natural resources
CEMENT WITH ECOCYCLE® INSIDE
Closing the loop in construction
Cement with ECOCycle® inside contains at least 10% recycled construction demolition materials.
The resource-saving cement closes the loop in construction to build cities from cities while delivering 100% performance.
CONCRETE WITH ECOCYCLE INSIDE
Enabling circular construction at scale
Concrete with ECOCycle recycled construction demolition materials inside suits a broad range of applications, from infrastructure and industry to buildings, with no compromise on performance.
It is 100% recyclable at the end of its lifecycle, helping make our cities more circular.
AGGREGATES WITH ECOCYCLE INSIDE
Pushing the circularity envelope
Aggregates with ECOCycle recycled construction demolition materials inside are driving circular construction across metropolitan areas.
Holcim’s global range of circular aggregates contain up to 100% recycled construction demolition materials and can be used in building applications from roads to foundations.
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