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About JAB Innovations
We are a 501c3 nonprofit developing solar-powered microwave pyrolysis reactors that convert plastic waste into clean, usable fuel.
We don't campaign about the plastic crisis.
We engineer solutions to eliminate it.
Plastic In
Fuel Out
Solar Powered
Zero Emissions
Julian Alexander Brown
Founder & Inventor
At 15, Julian watched a video about ocean plastic that changed everything. Less than 3% is recycled. No solution was offered. Two years later, he built his first reactor in his parents' backyard.
5 Reactor Generations
Built from scratch, teaching himself welding, chemistry, and engineering. Now working on the sixth.
Survived an Explosion
May 2024: second-degree burns building the Mark 4.5 refiner. Hospitalized, recovered, went right back to building.
4-Hour Daily Commute
Moved operations to Alabama after the explosion. Drove 4 hours each way, almost daily, because the mission mattered more.
776 Foundation Fellow
Chose mission over college. Accepted the $100K fellowship (requires dropping out) and funded himself through social media.
6M+ Global Community
Featured in Forbes, Newsweek, Fox News. Recognized by Dr. Bernice King at the MLK Jr. Beloved Community Awards.
TEDx Speaker 2026
Speaking at TEDx NorthernQuarter in Manchester and invited to Harvard by the iCreate student organization.
"There's no age limit to change the world. I started when I was 17. I'm 22. It's all about your ambition."
Julian Brown
The Mark V Reactor
The world's first solar-powered, continuous-feed microwave pyrolysis system. The goal isn't just fuel production. It's the permanent destruction of plastic.
Continuous
Operation
Fully
Solar-Powered
Closed-Loop
System
110-Octane
Output
Independently
Lab Tested
Our pyrolysis process converts waste plastic into "Plastoline", a high-performance 110-octane fuel derived entirely from plastic waste.
The system operates in a sealed vacuum chamber, breaking plastic back into its original hydrocarbon base with no combustion, no emissions, and no waste byproducts.
Plastic
Pyrolysis
Clean Fuel
Technology for Every Community
JAB Innovations exists to ensure this technology can be deployed anywhere, including communities that cannot afford it.
Mobile Reactors
Trailer-mounted units deployable to any location on demand
Boat-Integrated
Units integrated onto vessels for ocean plastic cleanup
Coastal Processing
On-site conversion in coastal communities worldwide
Global Access
Implementation without financial barriers for any nation
Featured & Honored
The Root 100
Best in Achievement
776 Foundation
Fellow
Recognized by
Dr. Bernice King
TEDx Speaker
2026
The World Is Drowning in Plastic
And the solutions aren't keeping up. Here's where things stand.
Recycling alone will never solve this.
The world needs technology that destroys plastic permanently, not just moves it somewhere else. That's what JAB Innovations is building.
To Eliminate Plastic Waste at the Source
Deploy scalable, solar-powered reactors wherever they are needed. No exceptions, no barriers.
Build in Public
Full transparency in our process, progress, and challenges
Publish Results
Open science and verified lab testing shared with the world
Track Every Dollar
Complete financial accountability as a 501c3 nonprofit