Reclinker Raises £10M for Recycled Cement
Reclinker raised £10M to scale a process that turns demolition waste back into low-carbon clinker using electric arc furnace infrastructure.
Reclinker is trying to decarbonise one of the hardest parts of heavy industry: cement.
What happened
Cambridge-born Reclinker raised £10M in Series A funding to scale its low-carbon cement process from industrial trials toward commercial production.
The company recovers cement paste from demolition waste and turns it back into clinker using electric arc furnaces, the same type of industrial infrastructure used in steel recycling. Reclinker plans to scale production in Cardiff and replicate the process across additional electric arc furnace sites in Europe and the US.
Why it matters
Cement is difficult to decarbonise because emissions come from both the heat required for production and the chemical process of turning limestone into clinker.
Reclinker’s approach attacks both problems by using demolition waste as the input and existing electric furnace infrastructure as the production route. The company is targeting an initial 50% emissions reduction while aiming for cost parity with conventional cement.
The bigger picture
Industrial climate tech is moving beyond software and offsets into hard physical systems: materials, furnaces, plants and supply chains.
If Reclinker can scale, it would show how circular industrial processes can reduce emissions in sectors where complete substitution is difficult. The broader signal is that low-carbon cement may not require rebuilding the entire industrial base from scratch; it may also come from repurposing existing heavy-industry infrastructure.