Ui's Structurally Integrated Honeycomb Sandwich Panels: Building Disaster-Resilient Infrastructure from Plastic Waste

Ui transforms non-recyclable, ocean-bound plastic waste into high-performance building materials engineered for resilience. Our Structurally Integrated Honeycomb Sandwich Panels combine food-grade plastic in an advanced honeycomb core structure to deliver construction solutions that are faster to deploy, stronger than conventional materials, and built to withstand extreme conditions.

Engineered for Resilience and Performance

These panels outperform traditional construction materials with exceptional load-bearing capacity, superior impact resistance, and enhanced durability against floods, earthquakes, and extreme weather events. The innovative honeycomb design provides structural strength while remaining lightweight—enabling faster installation, reduced construction timelines, and lower transportation costs compared to concrete or steel.

Sustainable Strength, Lower Carbon Footprint

By repurposing hard-to-recycle plastic streams, including multilayer packaging, Ui significantly reduces the embodied energy of building components while diverting waste from landfills and oceans. Our panels deliver the structural performance required for disaster-resistant construction with a dramatically lower carbon footprint than conventional materials.

From Waste to Resilient Infrastructure

Suitable for both commercial and residential applications, these versatile panels prove that sustainability and structural integrity go hand-in-hand. Ui's solution provides a practical pathway toward climate-resilient infrastructure development—transforming problematic plastic pollution into disaster-proof building materials with measurable environmental and industrial impact.

Key Characteristics

• Manufactured from non-recyclable, ocean-bound plastic waste, including multilayer plastics

• Honeycomb sandwich panel structure, designed for high strength with low material use

• Lightweight construction panels suitable for walls, floors, roofs, and façade elements

• Designed as a structural building material, not decorative or temporary

• Uses food-grade plastic as feedstock, ensuring material consistency and durability

• Designed to replace or reduce use of traditional materials such as concrete, steel, or timber

• Supports circular construction models by converting waste into long-life infrastructure components, which are re-usable 

Environmental Benefits

• Diverts hard-to-recycle plastic from landfills and ocean leakage streams

• Extends the lifecycle of plastic by locking it into long-lasting buildings, which can be re-made into a newer panel or structure. 

• Reduces demand for carbon-intensive construction materials

• Supports a circular economy by turning waste into a high-value resource

• Helps address plastic pollution at scale, targeting material streams that currently lack recycling solutions

• Enables lower material weight, which can contribute to reduced transport emissions

• Aligns construction with waste-to-resource principles, embedding environmental impact reduction directly into infrastructure