Urban Mining Northeast

Urban Mining Northeast (UMNE) is a licensed regional producer of Pozzotive^®, a high performance postconsumer pozzolan and functional industrial filler. Pozzotive^® is used in a multitude of applications including: concrete products, paints, coatings, adhesives, polymers, elastomers and many others.

Using patented technology, UMNE is able to take any type of post consumer glass, and turn it into a fine powder like substance, Pozzotive^®.

Pozzotive^® itself is a unique material because it is derived from recycled postconsumer glass. As a result, incorporating Pozzotive^® into a product dramatically reduces greenhouse gas emissions, reduces the need for virgin mined materials, and saves valuable landfill space. Additionally, products that use Pozzotive^® also contribute more heavily toward achieving valuable LEED points.

UMNE’s principles and staff have extensive backgrounds in both the concrete and polymer industries. UMNE is headquartered in New Rochelle, New York, USA.

Mission

UMNE was founded to encourage the use of postconsumer recyclables in manufacturing, thereby making seemingly conventional products truly sustainable.

How Do We Do This

UMNE provides Pozzotive^®, a post consumer SCM and Functional Industrial Filler, to companies and organizations which believe in more environmentally sensitive manufacturing. Since the utilization of Pozzotive^® is such an efficient and effective way for companies and organizations to use postconsumer recyclables in manufacturing, additional companies will follow, increasing the amount of real post consumer recycling.

Vision

By increasing the use of postconsumer recyclables in manufacturing, buildings and products will be produced with minimal impact to the environment, preserving our planet for future generations.