UBQ uses Residual Municipal Solid Waste (RMSW) such as food waste, garden trimmings, paper, cardboard, diapers, dirty plastics, as well as packaging materials to create UBQTM Materials: bio-based composite thermoplastic materials that can replace plastic polymers in hundreds of applications.

An international consortium of researchers is working to create a “gelatinous solution to microplastic waste” by forming a filter made of jellyfish mucus which could filter microplastics from sea and ocean water.

In a study published by BioResources, Nadir Yildirim of The University of Maine created adhesive-free bio-based suspended ceiling tiles using nanocellulose.

A recent journal article reported researchers in Korea developed an environmentally friendly flame retardant using cellulose nanocrystals (CNC).

Researchers from Colombia's Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana have found a way to slow the melting of ice cream using a part of the banana plant which is typically thrown away.