Published: 13 September 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Sabra hummus founder says plastic is the perfect way to upcycle waste (Times of Israel)
Rabbi Yehuda Pearl, the businessman who introduced the United States to hummus, is now looking to bring that same business acumen to his newest venture: turning garbage into a plastic-like material.
Pearl, the founder of the popular hummus brand Sabra, is the co-founder and honorary chairman of UBQ Materials, a company that has patented a process that breaks down regular household waste, including dirty nappies, cottage cheese containers, leftover chicken, paper, plastic, cardboard, and all food scraps and turns it into a bio-based thermoplastic, a plastic substitute.
These small pellets, that look and feel like regular plastic, can be integrated into existing manufacturing processes, so that any factory creating plastic products – such as buckets, trash cans, plastic pallets, garden planters, or hard plastic bottles for detergents - can use the UBQ material.
Israeli company UBQ partners up with CVWMA, creates thermoplastic waste bins (Jerusalem Post)
Israeli recycling company UBQ Materials has entered a partnership with the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority (CVWMA) to implement the company’s new thermoplastic recycling bins.
Photo: Tato Bigio, CEO and co-founder of UBQ
