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Scientists use air moisture to recycle PET plastics in eco-friendly breakthrough

Unlike traditional recycling, the Northwestern method is safer, cheaper, and more sustainable, eliminating the need for toxic solvents, excessive energy use, and waste byproducts.

 Scientists use air moisture to recycle PET plastics in eco-friendly breakthrough. Illustration.
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From the drawer to the store: A move that will transform Israel's jewelry industry

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Partner launches the option to purchase refurbished devices

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Sustainable fashion makes ‘Round Trip’ at Tel Aviv Port

Round Trip will feature Israeli designers who have created objects out of recycled materials in the spirit of advocating their maximum utilization.

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Israel’s UBQ Materials turns garbage to ‘greenest thermoplastic material’

Other lovely buzzwords which can be used to describe UBQ are “sustainable,” “cost-effective,” “recyclable” and “green.” And it is all very real.

Jack (Tato) Bigio, UBQ Materials co-founder and CEO of UBQ Israel, holds plastic discs made from UBQ material.

Rivlin, Tamir recognize Israel's cities, councils who recycle best

The winners, recognized in honor of Israel Recycling Day, were Givatayim, Ariel, Emek Hefer, Yesud Hama'ala, Hod Hasharon and Bnei Shimon.

President Reuven Rivlin hosted Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel, T.M.I.R head Rani Aidler and the heads municipalities and councils that won T.M.I.R's 2020 recylcling awards, on December 7, 2020.

Israeli start-up UBQ will recycle Israeli waste into Indian car parts

UBQ's tech allows companies to turn all types of waste – including food scraps and plants, various plastics, cartons and even dirty diapers – into useful raw materials, called thermoplastics.

Recycled thermoplastic pellets made by UBQ

Israeli start-up that makes 'plastic' from old diapers to supply Mainetti

CEO of UBQ Tato Bigio said that the agreement is an important first step in getting leading plastics manufacturers to use environmentally friendly substitutions.

Trash being unloaded at UBQ Materials.

Gov't approves deposit for large bottles, expected to encourage recycling

Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel called the step "a win-win-win situation."

Ecoams Planet's plastic bottle recycling solution

Fortune 500 CEO to scale Israeli waste-to-plastic solution globally

UBQ Materials' thermoplastic material made from unsorted household waste

Jerusalem Affairs: Peggy Cidor's round-up February 7, 2020

By using the Atarot services, Jerusalem no longer sells waste to the Tamir company, which has an agreement with the ministry to buy waste prepared for recycling.

A PLASTIC bottle recycling cage in the Musrara neighborhood.

Adidas to launch new fabrics from recycled ocean plastic, polyester

In total, the German firm will produce 15-20 million pairs of shoes using ocean plastic in 2020.

Trail running shoes are seen during the ISPO trade fair for sports equipment and fashion in Munich