Founded in 2012, UBQ Materials remained in stealth R&D mode for almost seven years. When repositioning landfill-destined waste as a valuable resource, it was imperative that we hit the market for commercial partnerships only when our material could reach the greatest environmental impact, industry performance, and most competitive price point.
The moment we were ready, we hit the ground running. UBQ was introduced to the market in partnerships with leading global brands, strategically aligning with industry leaders, knowing that the rest would follow.
UBQ is growing fast, with international expansion going into effect in 2022. The greater the demand for sustainable materials, the faster UBQ facilities are established everywhere in the world. As we expand, our waste-to-production cycle becomes more localized and innately more sustainable. Together with our partners, we have the power to empty landfills across the globe, one product at a time.
UBQ™ material is the most climate-positive thermoplastic on the market.
An elegant solution to an urgent problem: converting landfill waste into UBQ™ material.
With a patented waste conversion process, UBQ transforms heterogeneous waste streams into a novel bio-based thermoplastic material.
UBQ™ material substitutes oil-based plastics, wood, or metal in thousands of applications, empowering industries to choose a positive environmental impact.
UBQ™ is a versatile raw material that can be used across industries and applications to offset the overall carbon footprint of end-products.
The Material
A scientific breakthrough, UBQ™ is the most climate-positive
thermoplastic material on the market, made from landfill-destined waste.
With UBQ™, manufacturers are finally able to create products that
positively impact our world without compromising on profitability.
rms:
Tablet: 100% UBQ™, a sustainability additive that can be used as a drop-in ingredient to standard manufacturing processes.
Custom Compounds and Masterbatches: Expert consultations and custom formulations provided to maximize carbon offsets for individual process and product specifications.
Made from Waste
Where there are people, there is waste.
2 billion tons of household waste are generated each year, and this number
is expected to double by 2050.
UBQ Materials offers a solution to this growing crisis by unlocking the
hidden value of waste. UBQ™ is converted from 100% unsorted household
waste diverted from landfill – everything from food residues and mixed plastics
to cardboard, paper, and even dirty diapers. Metals and minerals are removed and recycled in the conversion process; all that remains is transformed into UBQ™ – nothing goes to waste.
UBQ™ is not a plastic treatment or recycling technology; it is an advanced material company. UBQ Materials addresses the waste crisis as a whole by functioning independently of recycling or waste management infrastructures in its resources, processes, and economics.
By introducing a novel, raw material to the industry, UBQ Materials closes
the loop on unsustainable waste disposal and provides a path to a truly
circular economy.
Climate Positive
UBQ™ serves as a powerful sustainability additive for the manufacturing industry. Integrating UBQ™ into industrial resins enables manufacturers to offset or reduce the carbon footprint of final products.
By diverting landfill-destined waste, UBQ™ prevents the emission of methane, groundwater leaching and other environmental harms. Every ton of UBQ™ produced prevents GHG emissions equivalent to 11.7 tons of CO2; life cycle assessment auditors Quantis have designated UBQ™ as “The Most Climate Positive Thermoplastic Material on the Market”.
Significance of Climate Positivity
Production of UBQ™ leaves a positive environmental footprint, meaning that products manufactured with UBQ™ are able to actively advance companies’ carbon reduction goals.
Bio-Based
UBQ™ is a USDA Certified Biobased product, labeled to certify that the majority of content within the material is bio-based. In the case of UBQ™, this speaks to the ratio of organic matter to mixed plastics in household waste. Third-party verification for this label was administered through the USDA BioPreferred Program.
Why is bio-based better?
Bio-based resources, such as plant, animal, marine, or forestry feedstocks, are 100% renewable. Utilizing renewable materials displaces the need for non-renewable petroleum-based products.
Bio-based products capture the carbon stored by the plant during its lifetime, playing an important role in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that exacerbate global climate change.
Bio-based products are cost-comparative, readily available, and can perform as well as or better than their conventional counterparts, while contributing to an ever-expanding marketplace that adds value to renewable agriculture commodities and creates jobs in rural communities.
Bio-based products made from agricultural residues and other waste materials provide value without competing with food crops or contributing to deforestation.
The Process
UBQ Materials offers a solution to the growing waste crisis by unlocking the hidden value of waste. UBQ™ is converted from 100% unsorted household waste diverted from landfill – everything from food residues and mixed plastics to cardboard, paper, and even dirty diapers. Metals and minerals, which have high recyclability, are removed and sent over to traditional recycling streams. All that remains is transformed into UBQ™ – so nothing goes to waste.
UBQ™ is a powerful sustainability additive with flexibility across processes and materials. Working seamlessly with today’s standard manufacturing machinery, UBQ™ is a climate-positive substitute to plastic, concrete, wood and minerals. As with any other polymer, virgin or recycled, UBQ™ can be compounded with additives commonly used in the industry to address product specifications such as coloration, impact strength or UV resistance.
Compatible Technologies
Extrusion
3D printing
Injection molding
Compression molding
Compatible Materials
Polypropylene (PP)
Polyethylene (PE)
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
Polystyrene (PS)
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)