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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

UBQ Materials

People walk through the venue for the COP28 UN Climate Summit with the Al Wasl Dome in the background at Expo City, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, NOvember 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
November 30, 2023, 6:41 pm
Israel sending just 28 officials to UN climate confab, in shadow of Hamas war
Foreign Ministry originally planned 1,000-strong group, including ministers, president and PM; pared down pavilion to promote 4 Gaza-area tech companies, hostage solidarity corner
By Sue Surkes
UBQ Materials has developed a technology that takes unsorted household waste -- from banana peels to dirty diapers to used yogurt containers and cardboard -- and converts it into a bio-based thermoplastic -- a plastic substitute (Courtesy)
September 13, 2023, 3:02 pm
Cleantech startup that converts waste into eco-friendly plastic nabs $70 million
UBQ develops thermoplastic materials from household trash to make products such as trays for McDonald’s and automotive parts for Daimler; funding to support Europe, US footprint
By Sharon Wrobel
UBQ Materials CEO and co-founder Tato Bigio (Courtesy)
December 15, 2021, 7:14 pm
Cleantech firm nabs $170m to make eco-friendly plastic substitute from waste
UBQ develops thermoplastic materials converted from household trash to make products such as bins, trays and automotive parts
By Ricky Ben-David
Protective face masks hang on an abandonded boat in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa port on October 28, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 7, 2021, 3:46 pm
Cleantech startup UBQ converts used face masks into ecofriendly material
Potentially harmful to the environment when not disposed of properly, single-use PPE can be put to use, along with other waste, by Israeli firm
By Jake Epstein
Illustrative image of clothes, fashion, on hangers (Naypong; iStock by Getty Images)
November 4, 2020, 10:55 am
Eco-friendly hangers made by Israeli trash-redeemer UBQ to hit fashion industry
UBQ, which converts household scraps into a bio-based plastic substitute, joins forces with US Mainetti Group to make garment hangers for retail chains globally
By Shoshanna Solomon
The team of Dutch students with the Luca, a 'zero-waste car' made out of bio-based material developed by Israeli startup UBQ Materials, October 8, 2020 (Bart van Overbeeke)
October 13, 2020, 11:25 am
‘Zero waste car’ made by Dutch team with bio-based tech of Israeli startup UBQ
The Luca has seat cushions of coconut fiber and horsehair; the middle of the chassis is made of flax and recycled plastics, and the front and rear of recycled aluminum
By Shoshanna Solomon
UBQ Materials has developed a technology that takes unsorted household waste -- from banana peels to dirty diapers to used yogurt containers and cardboard -- and converts it into a bio-based thermoplastic -- a plastic substitute (Courtesy)
September 4, 2019, 9:25 am
Sabra hummus founder says plastic is the perfect way to upcycle waste
Israeli company UBQ Materials takes unsorted trash and converts it into plastic pellets; it just released recycling bins in Virginia, its first product for the public
By Melanie Lidman
A cluster of bins made with the UBQ Material (Courtesy)
September 1, 2019, 12:09 pm
Central Virginians to put out their recycling in Israeli plastic-substitute bins
Waste management authority pilots a program using UBQ Materials’ technology, which takes a wide variety of household waste and turns it into a bio-based thermoplastic
By Shoshanna Solomon
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