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UBQ Materials at K2019

We’ve got a full house here at K2019! Proud to see the level of interest and excitement around Innovation and Sustainability in the Plastic Industry.

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Henrique Cymerman at UBQ

Henrique Cymerman at UBQ

Tato Bigio, CEO of UBQ Materials, welcomed Henrique Cymerman, the SIC Portugal correspondent in the Middle East and introduced him the process of domestic waste conversion into the plastic products that do not pollute the environment and are at the same time useful. The “UBQ Materials” does not reveal the factory’s secret of the transformation […]

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electric car in green environment

Sustainability in Automotive Manufacturing

The manufacturing sector is subject to a lot of scrutiny over how it impacts the environment. Most processes involve the input and output of materials and waste that are potentially harmful to human, animals, and nature as well as climate adverse. How to produce the goods we need while practicing sustainable manufacturing is a challenge […]

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Year of Polar Prediction

Year of Polar Prediction

The Year of the Polar Prediction has begun a two-year international effort aimed to improve predictions of weather, climate and ice conditions in the Arctic and Antarctic.

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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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Medical mask in a hands with black gloves on a blue background. top view.

UBQ Can Convert “Unrecyclable” Waste

UBQ’s technology can convert PPE and other  “unrecyclable” waste into everyday durable products   Cleantech startup UBQ Materials is a novel solution to “unrecyclable” household waste, which due to the pandemic has become increasingly dominated by single-use personal protective equipment (PPE).  UBQ’s advanced conversion technology transforms landfill-destined waste into a bio-based material that substitutes oil-based plastics in the manufacturing of thousands of everyday products.   In response to COVID-19, the use of disposable PPE has skyrocketed.  Once limited to medical staff, particularly dentists […]

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Food Waste

Food Waste

Around 50 percent of all produce in the United States is thrown away— $160 billion worth of produce annually.

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Zero Waste Technology

High-Tech Trash: How Does Zero Waste Tech…

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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Do you Know the Waste Hierarchy?

Earlier this fall ISWA and WMW presented the virtual event Rethinking Waste: The Global Resource Expo and Forum. Topics ranged from waste management to closing dumpsites and recycling. A common thread in the presentations and panels was how the issue of household waste management must move away from traditional solutions like landfills. When ranking waste […]

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Monetizing Waste

Monetizing Waste

Plastic Bank wants to monetize waste to stop plastic pollution.

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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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2021 Impact Investing Market Trends

For the past decade, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has released its annual survey on the state of the impact investing world. The 2020 Annual Impact Investor Survey released in June shares data compiled from nearly 300 of the world’s leading impact investors. These investors collectively manage over $404 billion of impact investing assets, […]

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The Power of Supply Chain

The Power of Supply Chain

“With great power comes great responsibility”

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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 Net-Zero 2030 Goals

We need to move from ‘business as usual’ to ‘business unusual’ if we are to have any chance of achieving the #GlobalGoals. We must act with far greater urgency. Paul Polman Our house is on fire UBQ Materials has joined the Net Zero 2030 movement, declaring a climate emergency and setting a roadmap for immediate […]

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Cash for Trash

Cash for Trash

Waste is an enormous problem globally, regardless of income level, developed infrastructure, and even certain policy frameworks.

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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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Impossible Foods

Impossible Foods

Food production accounts for as much global greenhouse gas emissions as all forms of transport combined.

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UBQ on Innovation Forum’s Weekly Podcast

An independent London-based company, Innovation Forum has decades of collective experience in sustainability events and publishing. It researches, creates, and facilitates debate-driven events that tackle critical business sustainability challenges around the world. It works with partners such as the Pew Centre, the Ethical Trading Initiative, and Unilever to deliver collaborative events known for asking the […]

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Protected: U.S. Climate Report Warns of Damaged…

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