UNIVERSAL BIOCARBON
NEWEST PRODUCT

Carbon Pure is our most beneficial and innovative product. Since Carbon Pure is derived from living plants, the carbon in Carbon Pure, when put into the soil, offsets carbon in our environment from fossil fuels, making the product carbon negative.

The soil environment created by Carbon Pure aids in the creation of beneficial nitrogen-fixing bacteria and mycorrhizae that delivers nutrients to the plants.

This product is fully decomposed and, unlike compost, will not compete with the plants for nutrients.

OTHER
RECENT UPDATES
 

• We’re the ultimate sand amendment for golf course top dressing
• We’re also the ultimate amendment for orchids
• We have over 85,000 tons in stock and ready to ship to all industry verticals. At $300 per ton wholesale. This equals $25,000,000 in inventory

UNIVERSAL BIOCARBON, INC.
FAST FACTS

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INDUSTRIES AND
TARGET CUSTOMERS

VEGETATION
TREATED AS TRASH

It turns out that landscape maintenance, tree trimming, and land clearing companies dispose of their vegetative biomass the same way we dispose of all garbage: it goes to a landfill.

These companies pay high tipping fees to dispose of their biomass and then this biomass is destroyed. Carbon-rich vegetation can actually be turned into several biocarbon-based products, such as biocarbon fertilizers, organic compost, and mulch, or it can even be refined as biofuel. All of this results, for SSBC’s members (who are so responsibly disposing of their green waste), in a reduction of tipping fees and in a share in the profits generated by the conversion of this green waste into biocarbon-based products.

MAKING THE
MOST OF BIOMASS

Universal BioCarbon, Inc. converts vegetative biomass into valuable biocarbon-rich products that are beneficial to the environment.

Instead of sending biomass to landfills, our partner SSBC delivers its green waste to us. The vegetation can be converted immediately into organic compost and mulch or it can be enhanced through a refining process called torrefaction for use as fuel or activated carbon.

The process is sustainable for both the environment and the suppliers. In addition to being a carbon negative process, the biomass byproducts turn disposal fees into profits.

This business is unique in so far as we don’t pay for our raw material but this raw material is paid for by our suppliers (who are also our partners).

BIOMASS PRODUCTS

THE PROCESS
OF TORREFACTION

To make the most of the carbon present in waste biomass, we conduct a process called torrefaction. The biomass is fed into the torrefaction reactor where it is heated to high temperature without oxygen.

The final product is brittle and much higher in energy density than the original green vegetation. This means accessing the carbon requires less energy for more output.

OUR PARTNERSHIP
WITH SSBC

Universal BioCarbon, Inc. and Sunshine State Biomass Cooperative, Inc. (SSBC) were formed with the mission of reducing vegetative biomass disposal costs and turning the waste into valuable biocarbon-based products. Our long-term partnership will ensure mutual success.

SSBC and Universal BioCarbon, Inc. each operate as an agribusiness under the U.S. Farm Act. SSBC is the first cooperative of this kind, and the only one currently approved by the Florida Department of Agriculture.

Companies that produce or provide services to companies that produce, harvest, haul, ship, or market Vegetative Biomass Material (as defined below), including companies engaged in the industry and science of horticulture, forestry, silviculture, or any other farm product, or who manufacture, sever, transport, or prepare any byproduct therefrom, and who agree to be a patron of the cooperative, sign a membership marketing agreement with the cooperative, purchase one certificate of membership, and meet such other conditions as may be prescribed by SSBC’s Board of Directors, may become a member of SSBC.

Vegetative Biomass Material is defined as "product that is derived 100% from organic plant vegetation, including but not limited to products derived from plant crops, timber, trees, fruits, berries, nuts, vegetables, flowers, shrubs or turf, excluding material derived from construction waste."

GROWING
ORGANICALLY

Landscape maintenance, tree trimming, golf course care, and land clearing companies make up our suppliers, totaling 105 members.

The vegetative biomass gathered from those members is currently being processed into compost. SSBC’s compost has been certified by a leading compost and potting soil producer for use as an organic bio-fertilizer.

MEET THE TEAM

Michael “Mike’” Milicevic
President/CEO and acting COO
Mike was the US Feed Stocks Operations Manager of BP Biofuels from June 2011 until September 2016. In this context, he was responsible for managing operations and research facilitation at numerous farms across the southeast US, from Florida to Texas. In his past professional life, he was also the general manager of the Lykes Ranch Division of Lykes Bros. Inc., from December 1986 to June 2011; he was responsible for the overall management of the operations for cattle, feedlot, sugarcane, forestry, turf, landscape, and maintenance divisions.

David Disbrow
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Throughout his 40-year career in multiple businesses (manufacturing and distribution), David has been involved in agronomics of plant sciences and soil biology. David’s research and studies of carbon over the past ten years have revealed to him an interconnectedness of carbon in the fields of energy, agriculture, and medical sciences. He is also the founder and past president of Sunshine State Biomass Cooperative, Inc.

David Poparad
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)David is a tax partner at Grennan Fender Hess & Poparad, LLP (Orlando) with over 20 years of experience in public accounting including a significant experience with a national CPA firm. David provides value-added consulting and compliance services to family and closely held mid-size businesses. David primarily services corporations and partnerships within the agribusiness, real estate, manufacturing, distribution, technology, and professional services industries.

Brian Lapointe
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)Brian is a marine biologist and a research professor at the Marine Ecosystem Health Program of Florida Atlantic University-Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. He is a nation-wide recognized specialist of sargassum biomass and Florida’s toxic algae problem (caused to a large extent by nitrogen leaked by the 2.6 million septic systems in operation in Florida, with Florida representing 12% of the United States' septic systems). Brian is convinced that the biochar to be produced by our facility (one ton of biochar per septic tank) can solve the problem of septic tanks and, thus, Florida’s toxic algae problem.

Eric Disbrow
Director and Chief Officer for Cooperative Relations (COCR)
Eric is responsible for managing all relationships with SSBC. He was involved, for 5 years, in the securing of the membership and was directly dealing with SSBC’s members.

Richard (Dick) Squires
Director
Dick represents SSBC on Universal BioCarbon, Inc.’s board. Over 40 years he was owner and CEO of Turf Management of South Florida, Inc., one of the largest commercial lawn and landscape companies in South Florida.

Keith J. Kanouse
Director and Corporate Secretary
Since 1991, Keith has been President of Kanouse & Walker, P.A., a law firm concentrating in business law including franchise law, located in Boca Raton, Florida.

Giuliano Grassi
Special Consultant
Giuliano is acting as Special Consultant to assist the CEO with respect to all strategic and technological issues. He is, among others, the past head of the Biomass R&D Program (CEC/DG XII) at the European Commission, as well as the founder of the European Biomass Industry Association (EUBIA) and its past secretary general and vice president.