Dubai teenager turns recycled concrete into a ping-pong table while interning at Ducon Industries
gulfnews.comA teenager in Dubai built a ping-pong table from recycled concrete while interning at Ducon Industries. Sultan, a student at Nord Anglia School, came up with the idea as a way to give construction waste a second use instead of sending it to landfill. The story is small scale, but it points at a real problem. Concrete and demolition waste are a major source of emissions, and most recycled concrete is downcycled into aggregate. Products that reuse that material can cut demand for virgin cement, which is the carbon heavy part. The article does not give numbers on how much CO2 the table saves, so treat it as a proof of concept, not a carbon solution.