Giving waste new life as something beautiful, useful and durable
What is UBQ Evolved Materials™ made of?
Most materials start with extraction. UBQ™ starts with a garbage truck. Chicken bones, greasy pizza boxes, food scraps, garden trimmings, diapers, multilayer packaging – the mixed household waste that has nowhere left to go. Through UBQ Materials’ patented process, these discarded inputs are converted into UBQ™, a bio-based thermoplastic composite that replaces oil-based plastic in thousands of products.
UBQ™ Fusion ProcessWhat makes UBQ Evolved Materials™ unique
UBQ Evolved Materials™ vs. traditional oil-based plastics
How UBQ Materials' bio-based thermoplastic composite made from waste compares to conventional plastics across the metrics that matter most.
UBQ Evolved Materials™
Traditional Oil-Based Plastics
Bio-based thermoplastic composite
Oil-based thermoplastic polymer
Made from mixed household waste
Made from petroleum and natural gas
Climate-positive material that removes carbon emissions and keeps greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere
Climate harmful due to emissions from extraction and production
Stable, cost-competitive pricing
Price volatility linked to oil markets
Protects natural resources by using waste otherwise destined for landfill or incineration
Relies on continuous extraction of finite resources
Reduces pollution by diverting waste from landfills and incineration
Contributes to plastic and water pollution
Production requires no added water and generates no emissions or combustion
Production requires significant water use and generates emissions and effluents
UBQ Evolved Materials™
Bio-based thermoplastic composite
Made from mixed household waste
Climate-positive material that removes carbon emissions and keeps greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere
Stable, cost-competitive pricing
Protects natural resources by using waste otherwise destined for landfill or incineration
Reduces pollution by diverting waste from landfills and incineration
Production requires no added water and generates no emissions or combustion
Traditional Oil-Based Plastics
Oil-based thermoplastic polymer
Made from petroleum and natural gas
Climate harmful due to emissions from extraction and production
Price volatility linked to oil markets
Relies on continuous extraction of finite resources
Contributes to plastic and water pollution
Production requires significant water use and generates emissions and effluents
How waste becomes a high quality, cost competitive material
UBQ Evolved Materials™ patented process converts mixed household waste (including organics and hard-to-recycle materials) into a high quality thermoplastic composite. The result is a single, fully replicable material that performs consistently at commercial scale.
Dry & screen
Mixed household waste comes in and is dried and screened to maximize sorting efficiencies.
Sort & remove
Waste is then sorted to remove metals and minerals which are then properly recycled.
Break down & build
Our patented process breaks down the organics into their basic building blocks. This creates the natural stickiness, which is the matrix that binds all of the components together, even those that aren't chemically compatible.
UBQ Evolved Materials™
Which results in the creation of UBQ Evolved Materials™, the homogeneous, fully replicable composite material.
Compatible technologies
Drop-in ready
Switch to a climate-positive material without disrupting production. UBQ™ works with your existing equipment, processes, and timelines.
Injection molding
3d printing
Extrusion
Rotomolding
Compression molding
Compatible materials
Seamless integration
Whether you work with virgin or recycled polymers, UBQ™ easily integrates into existing formulations.
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