Browsing: Recycling and Waste Management

Green Success Stories puts Jack (Tato) Bigio, co-founder and co-CEO of UBQ Materials, into The Green Spotlight. Tato describes his journey from heading a publicly traded investment firm, to founding a renewable energy firm in 2008, to cofounding and co-leading UBQ Materials into an international leader. He describes UBQ’s unique process of converting landfill-bound waste into a climate positive plastic alternative, one being adopted and used by major companies worldwide. He hopes to inspire others that efficient technological innovations like UBQ can help us protect the environment and help us transition to a truly circular economy.

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Green Success Stories sat down with Shahar Cohen, VP of Engineering at Plastic Back, a pioneers of a PVC recycling process that converts plastic waste, even the most difficult to recycle, into valuable resources, significantly reducing landfill waste and lowering the carbon footprint of plastic production. Shahar describes his journey from desalination efforts to sustainable aquaculture, to plastic waste reduction. He foresees a cleaner, healthier future with his company leading the way to a circular economy in the plastics industry. He invites industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators to join in that effort.

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Words to repeat (or shall we say rePete) – quoting Pete Seeger on recycling and remembering the green success story of his environmental activism.

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