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UBQ Shortlisted for Chemical Week’s 2020 Awards

UBQ is thrilled to announce it has been named as a finalist in the category of Best Sustainable Initiative for the Chemical Week Sustainability Awards. Winners will be announced at Chemical Week’s online Financial Outlook & Sustainability Forum from 18–19 November. To determine who would be included in the shortlist, a panel of 10 judges […]

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Tato Bigio Wins Meaningful Business 100 Award

The Meaningful Business 100 (MB100) Award recognizes and celebrates global leaders who are combining profit and purpose to help achieve the U.N.’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The award celebrates individuals working across different sectors, roles, geographies, and causes. Recipients include outstanding and purpose-driven corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, impact investors, and sustainability experts who are deemed […]

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USDA BioPreferred: What Does the Label Mean?

Created by the 2002 Farm Bill and most recently reauthorized and expanded as part of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, the BioPreferred Program is designed to increase the purchase and use of biobased products. Under the management of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the program’s goal is to encourage economic development, create new […]

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Tato Bigio Recognized as MB100 Leader

Meaningful Business, a global platform for leaders combining profit and purpose, has recognized Tato Bigio of UBQ Materials as a Meaningful Business 100 (MB100) leader for 2020. The award recognizes outstanding business leaders, across the world, who are combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The 2nd edition of the MB100 […]

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UBQ at Plastic Free World

This year, Plastic Free World Conference & Expo Europe and Plastic Free World Conference & Expo North America will join forces to create the world’s first fully virtual event that connects businesses, manufacturers, materials experts, governments, NGOs, recyclers and the plastic industry, in the aim of creating a world free from plastic waste. Plastic Free […]

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Luca, a car created by TU/Ecomotive, a yellow zero-waste car

TU/ecomotive develops car with UBQ™

Every year, Netherland-based student company TU/ecomotive produces an electric car with a team of 21 BA students from the Eindhoven University of Technology, in the aim of showing the world that the hypothetical, sustainable car of the future, can be a reality today.

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UBQ releases ISO-compliant Life Cycle Assessment

October 6, 2020 — UBQ Materials has released an ISO-compliant Life Cycle Assessment study, confirming the climate positive impact of UBQ™ material .

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How Biobased Materials Add Value to Products

When the U.S. Department of Agriculture introduced its BioPreferred Program in the 2002 Farm Bill, its stated goal was to compel federal agencies to explore ways to source at least some of the goods they purchased from biobased materials.

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UBQ announces expansion to the Netherlands

UBQ Materials has announced its plans to establish its first full-scale production facility in the Netherlands.

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UBQ Earns USDA Certified Biobased Product Label

UBQ Materials has earned the USDA’s Biobased Product label and is now able to display the label on UBQ products.

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Solving the Plastic Pollution Challenge

Plastic waste—and the mismanagement of its disposal—has proven highly detrimental to people and the planet.

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Plastic Recycling Technology: What are the Environmental…

There are seven types of plastics produced globally, but only two can be recycled. As a result, a paltry nine percent of plastic is being recycled.

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UBQ at Future of Plastics 2020

Tato Bgio, co-founder of UBQ Materials, at the Future of Plastics Conference 2020

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Biobased Plastics vs. Biodegradable Plastics

Throughout industrial history, significant economic gains have been made through the intensive use of non-renewable resources, including fossil-fuels. Today, with those resources diminishing and becoming increasingly expensive to extract, bio-based materials such as bioplastics are considered a sustainable alternative solution. The demand for bio-based plastics that incorporate vegetable material in their manufacturing has dramatically increased […]

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UBQ at Rethinking Waste 2020

Rethinking Waste is open for all those interested, or working, in waste management.

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UBQ at Global Plastic Summit 2020

The annual Global Plastic Summit will take place October 21-23. The virtual conference is a collaboration between IHS Markit and the Plastics Industry Association, and this year’s theme is “An Industry in Transition: Drivers Shaping the Future of Plastics”. The global industry is expanding and adapting to COVID-19, and advancing towards a circular economy is […]

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UBQ at Startup Autobahn

Startup Autobahn Powered by Plug and Play is an innovation platform that connects startups of all development stages with industry-leading corporate partners to pilot their technology and drive the ultimate goal — a successful production-ready implementation. Under the motto “the sum of innovation is infinite”, we are one of 30 startups that will be showcased […]

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Zero Waste Technology

High-Tech Trash: How Does Zero Waste Technology…

A shift to a technology-based, data-driven model enables public works departments to achieve greater operational efficiency, deliver better customer service, and be a part of the zero waste movement. Together with manufacturers committed to zero waste, they can drive the world towards long-term sustainability goals. What is Zero Waste Technology? Let’s start with what zero […]

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Alternative Plastic Materials

What Are Alternative Plastic Materials?

There are just under 325 million people living in the U.S. Each day they collectively throw out enough garbage to fill 63,000 garbage trucks.

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Landfills: Causes, Effects and Solutions

Landfills: Causes, Effects and Solutions

There are just under 325 million people living in the U.S. Each day they collectively throw out enough garbage to fill 63,000 garbage trucks.

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