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UBQ at Future of Plastics 2020.
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UBQ at Future of Plastics 2020

The Future of Plastics conference will be taking place October 20-22, 2020. The virtual event, presented by Innovation Forum, is a busine

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Jack (Tato) Bigio at the Innovation Forum covering the Future of Plastics - Bio-based Plastics: How viable, Scalable, Sustiainable, and Affordable are they?
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UBQ at Future of Plastics 2020

The Future of Plastics conference will be taking place October 20-22, 2020. The virtual event, presented by Innovation Forum, is a business

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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 fos

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UBQ at Startup Autobahn.
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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 c

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Jack (Tato) Bigio at the Global Plastics Summit covering Why Waste Waste?
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UBQ at Global Plastic Summit 2020

The virtual conference is a collaboration between IHS Markit and the Plastics Industry Association, and this year’s theme is “An Industr

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High-Tech Trash: How Does Zero Waste Tech Work?

A shift to a technology-based, data-driven model enables public works departments to achieve greater operational efficiency, deliver better

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Jack (Tato) Bigio at The Global Resource Expo and Forum talking about Where Mercedes Benz and Waste Intersect.
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UBQ at Rethinking Waste 2020

September 22-23, 2020: Rethinking Waste is open for all those interested, or working, in waste management. It is organized over the course

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What Are Alternative Plastic Materials?

They’re durable, versatile, and affordable and make life simpler in so many ways. Plastics are an inescapable part of modern life: smartph

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Jack (Tato) Bigio at work.
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UBQ on Business Insider

July 30, 2020: In a special video segment titled “The Quest for the Perfect Plastic”, Samara Abramson and Amelia Kosciulek of Business I

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Mike Thaman CEO of UBQ Materials at Collision 2020.
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UBQ at Collision 2020

June 25, 2020: Collision, North America’s fastest-growing tech conference, was an at-home event this year – but that didn’t stop us fr

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UBQ is a 2020 World-Changing Idea.
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UBQ is a 2020 World-Changing Idea

April 28th, 2020: American business magazine Fast Company has named UBQ Materials a finalist in the 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards. This i

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