New York Metro Gains Access to 50,000 Tons of Low-Carbon Cement

The Blissville Rail Terminal in Queens, New York, opened on April 29, 2025 – permitting roughly 50,000 tons of harvest fly ash yearly from Eco Materials Applied sciences to assist native infrastructure initiatives.

The terminal will make the most of rail transportation, together with New York & Atlantic’s (NYA) native infrastructure, to effectively ship fly ash and sustainable cementitious supplies to one of many nation’s largest building markets. These supplies can substitute as much as 25 p.c of carbon-intensive portland cement in normal concrete mixes, with Eco Materials’s applied sciences permitting for as much as one hundred pc alternative in choose purposes.

Eco Materials Applied sciences“The opening of the Blissville Terminal reinforces Eco Materials’s management in sustainable innovation and a serious step in our efforts to broaden entry to low-carbon cement alternate options in all main metro areas,” stated Grant Quasha, CEO of Eco Materials Applied sciences. “By strengthening our presence in New York, we will higher serve future infrastructure initiatives with modern supplies that cut back reliance on conventional portland cement and imported metal slag. Using rail transportation streamlines supply and aligns with our mission to advance sustainable options for the development business.”

The Blissville Terminal, which shall be operated by Precision Terminal Logistics, LLC (PTL) in partnership with Eco Materials, is a part of Eco Materials’s increasing community of services designed to produce over 10 million tons of environmentally useful supplies yearly, contributing to the decarbonization of the North American concrete market. The terminal incorporates Eco Materials’s suite of applied sciences, guaranteeing that every one supplies meet the very best high quality requirements whereas minimizing environmental affect and processing prices. A lot of the fabric shall be sourced from Eco Supplies’ landfill harvesting initiatives together with its Danville, Pennsylvania facility.

Eco Materials Applied sciences“Eco Supplies and PTL have been engaged on growing this rail transload web site in New York on rail traces operated by NYA for a number of years. PTL is honored to have been chosen to work as an extension of ECO Supplies, offering best-in-class transload operations on the Blissville transload terminal,” stated Jason Hodge, Vice President of Business Improvement, Precision Terminal Logistics. “PTL is happy for the chance to develop with ECO Supplies and their clients by delivering this rail transload resolution. We’re additionally excited concerning the alternative to assist present much-needed rail-based transload and logistics companies to the New York market.”

“Partnering with Eco Materials on this venture permits us to leverage our in depth rail infrastructure to ship supplies to market effectively,” stated Marlon Taylor, President, New York & Atlantic Railway. “This strategy reduces truck site visitors, emissions, and put on and tear on our roadways whereas streamlining provide chains and supporting sustainable constructing practices in a key metropolitan space.”

The ability is predicted to rapidly attain full capability, pushed by sturdy regional demand for fly ash and sustainable cement alternate options.