ECMs are similar in structure to pumice; the natural material created when super-heated highly pressurized rock erupts from a volcano and cools rapidly, suspending tiny cavities inside the rock.
Over millennia, these volcanic deposits then react to their environment, yielding a variety of rare and valuable compounds with highly beneficial properties.
Using technology as a design tool, we replicate nature’s ability to engineer such valuable geological nano-landscapes, without investing the millennia nature takes to do the same. Mimicking nature, we mill recycled glass and other materials to create custom formulations that we fire at near-volcanic temperatures. ECM technology allows us to tailor an ECM’s porosity, its reactivity, and more, for specific applications.
We custom-engineer ECMs to perform as structural supports, as molecular sieves, microbial habitats, or reactive lattices. In both essence and effect, ECMs are nano-scale reactors, produced on an industrial scale.
GlassWRX manufactures a range of direct-to-market and white label ECM-based aggregates.
With numerous patents pending, we collaborate with research institutions to extend the reach and positive impact of ECM technology. This keeps us moving closer towards our vision of a world without waste.
Mimicking the systemic nature of earth’s biosphere and the role of magmatics, we have engineered a new bedrock for the circular economy. We are exploring ECMs industrial use cases across resilient construction, filtration and remediation.
