Reclinker turns recovered cement paste from demolition waste into low-carbon clinker and cement inside electric arc furnaces already used by steelmakers, for the construction and cement industries.

Founders

• Bill Yost · Co-founder, CEO
  He spent more than 25 years helping bring new technologies to market, including work in hydrogen generation, water treatment, thermal storage and carbon-fibre recycling, and holds degrees from Cornell University, the University of Pittsburgh and the London School of Economics.
• Poppy Brewer · Co-founder, COO
  Before joining Cambridge Electric Cement, she spent more than 10 years at Accenture designing sustainable value chains for G2000 companies, co-founded Accenture's Supply Chain Decarbonisation business, and earned a double-first MEng in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Cambridge.
• Dr Cyrille Dunant · Co-founder, CTO
• Dr Philippa Horton · Co-Founder, Advisor
  She has launched three spin-outs including Cambridge Electric Cement, helps manage Legal & General's $400m clean-energy fund, holds a PhD in efficient automotive manufacturing from the University of Cambridge, and trained with JLR as an automotive design engineer.
• Professor Julian Allwood · Academic co-founder

Business model

Reclinker processes its recycled cementitious slag and sells it in blended cement products, targeting cost parity with conventional cement.