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{db-g7} Carbon Dioxide Utilisation or CDU is a broad term that covers a variety of established and new innovative industrial processes that utilise CO2 as a source of carbon. The CO2 importantly then undergoes a transformation into something else e.g. a chemical feedstock, a synthetic fuel or a building material. Other phrases are sometimes used such as carbon dioxide re-use, carbon capture and utilisation or carbon dioxide recycling. CDU can be thought of as a synthetic carbon cycle which utilises CO2. The lifespan of the the carbon cycle is determined by the CDU product itself, with fuels having short lifespans and building materials much longer ones. Utilising CO2 as a carbon feedstock for the chemical industry opens new routes for chemical production that have been previously dependent on the carbon molecules and energy contained in fossil fuels. CDU enables low-carbon energy to be introduced into the chemical supply chain.