carbon capture

noun [U] (also carbon capture and storage, abbreviation CCS)

Definition

› ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY a way of catching the carbon produced by machines and processes so that it is not released into the environment: Many of the latest technologies for carbon capture and storage have been generated in the UK.

(Definition of carbon capture noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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