This carbon scrubber technology utilizes a permanently charged cation to create the necessary conditions for converting CO2 molecules to bicarbonate molecules. These bicarbonate molecules are then ionically bound to the the surface of the resin and have effectively been "extracted" from the atmosphere. Once on the resin the ions are dissolves by a wash solution. This now carbon-rich solution can be used as a fertilizer additive. If used with the correct wash solution composition, the resulting bi-product could be a ready-for-use fertilizer. Or in other potential future applications a sodium bicarbonate bi-product could be used as a building material that could supplement concrete mixtures.