In Ankleshwar, Gujarat, Vedant and Aditi watched heaps of factory waste pile up around their town every day. At the same time, summers were growing unbearable, with heatwaves making homes almost unlivable for families without fans or coolers.

One day, the couple asked themselves a simple question: What if all this industrial waste could actually help people stay cool at home? 

That question sparked an idea — and soon, ‘Co2ncrete’ was born, a startup that turns factory byproducts into bricks and building materials designed for a hotter, more sustainable future.

Turning waste into bricks

Growing up around Ankleshwar, one of Gujarat's largest industrial hubs, the couple witnessed the scale of industrial waste being generated every day. 

Instead of seeing it solely as an environmental problem, they saw an untapped resource.

Their startup, Co2ncrete, repurposes industrial byproducts such as fly ash, silica sludge, and construction waste to manufacture bricks, blocks, and prefabricated housing components. 

By giving these discarded materials a second life, the company is helping reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills while........

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