Production of cement in Great Britain 2001-2022

In 2022, plants in Great Britain produced roughly 8.4 million metric tons of cement. Production of cement in Great Britain decreased significantly between 2007 and 2009 and though figures increased again slowly, volumes have not reached the levels seen before 2009. Used as a binder, cement is an integral material to the UK construction industry as well as construction industries all around the world. Cement was known as far back as the ancient Roman and Greek civilizations. Leading cement producing countriesChina remains the world’s leading cement producing nation by far, manufacturing some 2.1 billion metric tons in 2023 alone. This was nearly six times the output of India, the world's second-largest cement producer in the same period. Environmental impact of cementCement and cement-based concrete have a hugely negative effect on the environment. Manufacturing processes in the United Kingdom were responsible for emitting nearly seven million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2021. Not only a great polluter, cement’s use as a construction material also has serious implications for temperatures within a city by trapping heat across vast swaths of urban surface areas, while non-permeable concrete pavement contributes to soil erosion and flooding.

于2022年，大不列颠的植物生产了大约840万吨水泥。自2007年至2009年间，大不列颠的水泥产量显著下降，尽管产量逐渐缓慢回升，但产量仍未恢复至2009年之前的水平。水泥作为一种粘结剂，对于英国乃至全球的建筑行业而言，是一种不可或缺的材料。水泥的制造可追溯至古罗马和古希腊文明。中国作为全球领先的水泥生产国，其产量遥遥领先，仅在2023年就生产了约21亿吨水泥，这一数字几乎是同期印度——世界第二大水泥生产国的六倍。水泥及其基混凝土对环境产生了巨大的负面影响。英国的制造过程在2021年导致排放了近700万吨二氧化碳。水泥不仅是一种严重的污染源，其作为建筑材料的使用还严重影响了城市内部的温度，通过在大面积的城市地表上捕捉热量，而不可渗透的混凝土路面则加剧了土壤侵蚀和洪水灾害。