Manufacturers across industries including retail, construction, and automotive can now quantify associated emissions reductions from replacing conventional fossil-fuel based plastics with UBQ™ and diverting household waste from landfills. These carbon credits provide companies with a credible, third-party verified way to address residual emissions while progressing towards corporate climate targets. By converting waste conversion into a measurable climate benefit, UBQ™ demonstrates how material innovation can support industrial decarbonization and the transition to a circular, low-carbon materials economy.
“This milestone reflects a broader effort to accelerate the adoption of UBQ™ and other low-carbon materials at scale,” said Tato Bigio, Co-founder and CSO, UBQ Materials. “Today, plastics are not priced according to their true environmental cost, creating a structural barrier for circular and low-carbon alternatives. By translating UBQ’s environmental benefit into a verified carbon asset, we are helping correct this market failure.”
The certification and validation process was conducted in partnership with the Carbon Registry, Rainbow, a Core Carbon Principles (CCP) eligible program recognized by The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM). The project underwent rigorous third-party validation and verification by Carbon Check (India) Private Limited, an internationally accredited verification body operating under ISO 14065 and aligned with Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement.
The certification establishes a verified emissions avoidance ratio of 2.155 tCO₂ per ton of UBQ™ placed on the market, derived from a comparative life-cycle assessment (LCA) of oil-based plastic used across the European market. This ratio reflects the avoided emissions achieved when UBQ™ replaces conventional fossil-based plastics, formally recognizing the environmental benefit of material substitution. The certification also enables UBQ to offer high-integrity, EU-generated carbon credits on the voluntary carbon market, demonstrating how converting waste into materials can support industrial decarbonization.
Our collaboration with UBQ Materials has allowed us to create a new framework that quantifies the avoided emissions associated with replacing conventional plastics with waste-derived materials, representing a first of its kind project.” said Clément Georget, Co-Founder and Chief Product and Technology Officer at Rainbow.
The project’s verified credits are listed on the Rainbow Registry platform, where the issuance is publicly available, and the project details can be reviewed by interested market participants.
About UBQ Materials
UBQ Materials is a global manufacturing company that has developed a pioneering solution to the world’s growing waste challenge. Our patented UBQ™ technology converts mixed household waste into a bio-based thermoplastic composite, UBQ™. This advanced solution reduces GHGs, lessens reliance on conventional plastics, and minimizes natural resource extraction. UBQ Materials is committed to providing cost-competitive, sustainable solutions that contribute to a circular economy. Learn more at www.ubqmaterials.com.
UBQ’s technology contributes to several UN Sustainable Development Goals, including SDG 9 by decarbonizing the plastics industry, SDG 12 by diverting waste from landfills and incineration and enabling circular material flows, and SDG 11 by creating new outlets for mixed municipal waste streams.
About Rainbow
Rainbow is a carbon credit registry that combines rigorous science with field engineering expertise to certify high-integrity removal projects. Project data is quantified through peer-reviewed models and verified by third-party auditors, while our certification team uses operational experience to assess performance in real-world conditions. This delivers audit-defensible rigor for buyers and faster certification for developers. ICROA-endorsed and ICVCM-approved, we’ve certified over 80 projects and issued more than 400,000 credits.
