The “world’s largest” plant designed to suck planet-heating pollution out of the atmosphere like a giant vacuum began operating in Iceland on Wednesday. “Mammoth” is the second commercial direct air capture plant opened by Swiss company Climeworks in the country,

(CNN) – The “world’s largest” vacuum designed to suck planet-heating pollution has just opened in Iceland. “ Mammoth ” is a commercial direct air capture plant in Iceland which runs off clean geothermal energy. Swiss company Climeworks said it is able to pull 36,000 tons of carbon from the atmosphere at full capacity.

The captured carbon at the Mammoth facility can be stored deep underground, reused, or converted into solid products. Climeworks plans to transport the captured carbon underground where it will naturally turn into stone,