Heads up: Carbon is Not the Enemy.
Israeli firm says it can turn garbage into plastic gold
UBQ patents a process to convert household trash into
reusable plastic that can make any product carbon neutral
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"Carbon is Not the Enemy."
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William McDonough wants to redefine the carbon language. In his article for Nature Journal, McDonough states humans have made carbon a toxin. He has a point. In the right place, carbon is a resource and a tool.
McDonough describes 3 types of carbon: Fugitive, Durable and Living.
Fugitive Carbon is a toxin to our planet and our health. It is the result of unsustainable human activity such as fossil fuel production, landfills, and ‘waste-to-energy’ plants. The carbon mankind release into the atmosphere needs to be captured and turned into a durable or living carbon.
Durable Carbon is a resource. It is a carbon that is locked in stable solids. For example, a plastic bottle that is manufactured and then recycled sequesters the carbon. On the other hand, if the same plastic bottle ends up in the ocean, the carbon becomes a fugitive, a toxin to our oceans.
Living Carbon is source. Carbon is the critical ingredient to the biological cycle. It is organic and needed for healthy and fertile soils. McDonough states. ‘carbon in the atmosphere is a liability,’ McDonough states, ‘but in the soil, it’ an asset.’
To tackle climate change, we need to rethink carbon.
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The UBQTM Material is a bio-based thermoplastic composite made from substantially unsorted municipal solid waste. UBQ is able to convert the organic and plastic fractions of the waste stream into a homogeneous, sustainable, high quality, and commercially valuable material. The UBQTM Material can be used as an alternative raw material to make the everyday familiar products industry produces today – just more sustainably. UBQ can effectively leverage and innovate around materials already in circulation rather than extracting and depleting our finite resources within the conventional linear economy.
Israeli firm says it can turn garbage into plastic gold
UBQ patents a process to convert household trash into
reusable plastic that can make any product carbon neutral
< >
"Carbon is Not the Enemy."
< >
William McDonough wants to redefine the carbon language. In his article for Nature Journal, McDonough states humans have made carbon a toxin. He has a point. In the right place, carbon is a resource and a tool.
McDonough describes 3 types of carbon: Fugitive, Durable and Living.
Fugitive Carbon is a toxin to our planet and our health. It is the result of unsustainable human activity such as fossil fuel production, landfills, and ‘waste-to-energy’ plants. The carbon mankind release into the atmosphere needs to be captured and turned into a durable or living carbon.
Durable Carbon is a resource. It is a carbon that is locked in stable solids. For example, a plastic bottle that is manufactured and then recycled sequesters the carbon. On the other hand, if the same plastic bottle ends up in the ocean, the carbon becomes a fugitive, a toxin to our oceans.
Living Carbon is source. Carbon is the critical ingredient to the biological cycle. It is organic and needed for healthy and fertile soils. McDonough states. ‘carbon in the atmosphere is a liability,’ McDonough states, ‘but in the soil, it’ an asset.’
To tackle climate change, we need to rethink carbon.
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The UBQTM Material is a bio-based thermoplastic composite made from substantially unsorted municipal solid waste. UBQ is able to convert the organic and plastic fractions of the waste stream into a homogeneous, sustainable, high quality, and commercially valuable material. The UBQTM Material can be used as an alternative raw material to make the everyday familiar products industry produces today – just more sustainably. UBQ can effectively leverage and innovate around materials already in circulation rather than extracting and depleting our finite resources within the conventional linear economy.
