What is
CO2 Captured?
CO2 Captured is a registered non-profit corporation. We license a recognizable logo for consumer products that incorporate materials made from captured carbon emissions.
To receive accreditation, companies must provide verification of the carbon capture/removal and utilization materials in their products and must be open to third-party audits.
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that absorbs radiation and prevents heat from escaping our atmosphere.
Since the middle of the 20th century, annual emissions have increased every decade, from an average emission of 11 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year in the 1960s to 35 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year in the 2010s (Global Carbon Update, 2021).
Climate scientists have agreed that we need to stay below the 1.5 degrees Celsius increase in global average surface temperature over pre-industrial era temperatures to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
We have now warmed the Earth by 1.2 degrees Celsius in less than 200 years.
Climate Change
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), surpassing 1.5 degrees Celsius increase in global average surface temperature over pre-industrial era temperatures would result in:
Combatting Carbon Emissions
Solutions for clawing back carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are also called Carbon Removal solutions. This is often confused with Carbon Captured, which traps carbon dioxide emissions from emissions sources (“point sources”) before it enters the atmosphere.
Once carbon dioxide is Removed or Captured, there needs to be a use or storage mechanism for it. This is where Carbon Utilization and Carbon Storage come in.
Storage
Carbon Storage means sequestering or storing carbon dioxide in a permanent location, often underground.
Utilization
Carbon Utilization means converting or sequestering carbon dioxide to create new materials that go back into circulation as products or building materials. Examples of materials made through Carbon Utilization include concrete, plastics, and fuels.
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CO2 Captured provides a recognizable logo that goes on products made through Carbon Utilization.