Domino Plastics Company Set to Showcase at NPE 2024: The Plastics Show

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Domino Plastics Company Set to Showcase at NPE 2024: The Plastics Show

Port Jefferson, NY—Domino Plastics Company Inc. is thrilled to announce its participation in NPE2024: The Plastics Show, the largest plastics conference and tradeshow in the world. After the unfortunate cancellation of the last NPE due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Domino Plastics eagerly anticipates showcasing its plastic scrap recycling services at the upcoming event. NPE2024 will take place from May 6 to 10, 2024, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.

Domino Plastics has been a leading full-service plastic scrap recycling company for over 35 years. With extensive expertise in buying and selling all types of post-industrial plastics, the company plays a vital role in the recycling industry.

“We are looking forward to this year’s plastics show in Orlando. NPE has always been a valuable resource for Domino Plastics to connect with manufacturers who generate scrap or require recycled raw materials,” said Michael Domino, COO at Domino Plastics.

To learn more about Domino Plastics Company and its services, please visit www.domplas.com or contact (631) 751-1995.

Visit Domino Plastics’ online showroom and map of the NPE show here: https://npe2024.mapyourshow.com/8_0/floorplan/?hallID=S&selectedBooth=S24089

About Domino Plastics Company Inc.

Since 1983, Domino Plastics has been at the forefront of collecting and reselling post-industrial plastic scrap. With a commitment to providing the best prices for plastics and fast scrap pickup services throughout the United States, Domino Plastics continues to contribute to the circular economy.

CONTACT:

NAME: Michael Domino

PHONE: (631) 751-1995

EMAIL: Mike@domplas.com

About NPE2024: The Plastics Show

Recognized as the world’s largest plastics trade show and conference, NPE brings together all industry sectors, including vertical and peripheral markets, end markets, brand owners, and recyclers. Following the unfortunate cancellation of the previous event in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NPE2024 is set to be an extraordinary gathering of plastics professionals from across the globe. With over 65,000 buyers in attendance and more than 1 million square feet of exhibit space, NPE2024 promises to be a groundbreaking event showcasing emerging technologies, equipment, and materials for every phase of plastics processing.

NPE2024 is produced by Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) and remains the only international plastics event organized by the industry, for the industry. To register and find more information, please visit www.npe.org.

About Plastics Industry Association

Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), formerly known as SPI, is the leading organization supporting the entire plastics supply chain in the United States. Representing nearly one million workers in the $418 billion industry, PLASTICS has been instrumental in advancing recycling and sustainability initiatives while enhancing the global competitiveness of its members. For more information about PLASTICS’ educational initiatives, industry insights, events, networking opportunities, and North America’s largest plastics trade show, NPE2024: The Plastics Show, visit www.plasticsindustry.org. Stay connected with PLASTICS on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

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Fungi makes a meal of hard-to-recycle plastic

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Fungi makes a meal of hard-to-recycle plastic

Polypropylene

via Phys.org

Polypropylene, a hard-to-recycle plastic, has successfully been biodegraded by two strains of fungi in a new experiment led by researchers at the University of Sydney.

Polypropylene has long been recycling’s head scratching riddle. A common plastic used for a wide variety of products from packaging and toys to furnishing and fashion, it accounts for roughly 28% of the world’s plastic waste, but only 1% of it is recycled.

Read the full story here: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-fungi-meal-hard-to-recycle-plastic.html

Scientists Found the ‘Achilles’ Heel’ That Could Destroy ‘Forever Chemicals’ for Good

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Scientists Found the ‘Achilles’ Heel’ That Could Destroy ‘Forever Chemicals’ for Good

plastic waste

via Popular Mechanics

Scientists have been working on ways to destroy PFAS chemicals that permeate our environment, but no easy method exists. That’s because these standoffish compounds don’t react to anything—not biological or other chemical agents. They stick only to each other and resist being torn apart. Current methods require “very harsh conditions to decompose these compounds,” according to chemists at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Until now, how to break those PFAS bonds has been unclear.

Read the full story here: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a40961089/how-to-destroy-forever-chemicals-for-good/

How This Determined Female Founder Is Taking on Big Plastic

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How This Determined Female Founder Is Taking on Big Plastic

via Inc.com

plastic scrapWhile companies have touted the recyclability of their plastic products for years, plastic remains an environmental hazard. Less than 5 percent of flexible plastic packaging recycled by consumers ends up recycled in the world’s most advanced recycling markets, while only 2 percent is recycled globally, according to the Flexible Packaging Association. And of the 7 billion tons of plastic waste globally, less than 10 percent has ever been recycled, according to the U.N. Environmental Program. 

After learning the truth about plastics–most of which end up in landfills, waterways, or the ocean and do not break down for hundreds of years–Nissenbaum began researching compostable alternatives and found that some compostable bio-materials had been on the market for decades, particularly polylactic acid, or PLA. Usually made from corn, PLA is often used for utensils, straws, and various forms of rigid packaging. It’s compostable, but only under industrial-compost conditions.

Read the full story here: https://www.inc.com/christine-lagorio/how-this-determined-female-founder-is-taking-on-big-plastic.html

Plastic to metal, steel to aluminum: The future of welding and lightweight vehicles

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Plastic to metal, steel to aluminum: The future of welding and lightweight vehicles

via TechExplore

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Making vehicle structures out of a combination of metals and plastics could make them dramatically lighter, stronger, safer and more environmentally friendly than the all-steel or all-aluminum approaches that dominate today.

But how to quickly and cheaply join all those materials together has been a sticky problem. A University of Michigan lab is developing solutions.

Read the full story here: https://techxplore.com/news/2022-11-plastic-metal-steel-aluminum-future.html

New type of metallic plastic can be sprayed on and made from chains of polymers

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New type of metallic plastic can be sprayed on and made from chains of polymers

via Interesting Engineering

Scientists at the Anderson Laboratory at the University of Chicago have discovered a metallopolymer that can be made into various shapes, and remains stable in almost any environment.

A plastic material has been discovered that has metallic properties and remains stable when chilled, heated, left out in the air, or exposed to acid. Researchers are saying it could prove valuable in medical devices that are wearable, or other kinds of wearable electronics.

Read the full story here: https://interestingengineering.com/science/new-type-of-metallic-plastic-can-be-sprayed-on-and-made-from-chains-of-polymers

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Award-winning — plastic-eating robo-fish is finally here to rid our waters of waste

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Award-winning — plastic-eating robo-fish is finally here to rid our waters of waste

via Interesting Engineering

A robot fish that filters microplastics has been created after winning a robotics contest at the University of Surrey.

Researchers in robotics make the “robo-fish” concept a reality, according to a press release published by the University on Thursday.

“Water pollution, especially plastic pollution, is a huge problem. It’s not just the ocean which suffers but rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds. This makes it a problem without a one-size-fits-all solution,” Eleanor Mackintosh, a chemistry undergrad student at the University of Surrey and the contest winner, told New Atlas.

Read the full story here: https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/plastic-eating-robo-fish-to-clean-our-waters

 

Emperor penguins still free of microplastics

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Emperor penguins still free of microplastics

via University of Basel

Good news from Antarctica: researchers have examined emperor penguins and found no evidence of microplastics in their stomachs. The study, conducted by the University of Basel and the Alfred-Wegener Institute, is an important assessment of environmental pollution at the South Pole.

Read the full story here: https://www.unibas.ch/en/News-Events/News/Uni-Research/Emperor-Penguins-Still-Free-of-Microplastics.html

URI’s Efforts to Study Plastic Pollution Get Federal Boost

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via US News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Researchers at the University of Rhode Island are getting some federal assistance for their efforts to better understand plastic pollution and the threat it poses to the ocean.

plastic scrapThe university is set to receive $1 million in grant funding dedicated to studying how plastics spread through the environment as well as ways to reduce their harmful impact.

Read the full story here: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rhode-island/articles/2022-09-11/uris-efforts-to-study-plastic-pollution-get-federal-boost

Scientists Turn Plastic Into Diamonds In Breakthrough

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Scientists Turn Plastic Into Diamonds In Breakthrough

plastic scrapThe production of nanodiamonds from PET plastic paves the way toward a new form of recycling, and even has implications for exoplanets that rain diamonds.

In 2017, researchers in Germany and California found a way to replicate those planetary conditions, fabricating teeny tiny diamonds called nanodiamonds in the lab using polystyrene (aka Styrofoam). Five years later and they’re back at it again, this time using some good ol’ polyethylene terephthalate (PET), according to a study published on Friday in Science Advances. The research has implications not only for our understanding of space, but paves a path toward creating nanodiamonds that are used in a range of contexts out of waste plastic. 

 

Read the full story here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/3advqv/scientists-turn-plastic-into-diamonds-in-breakthrough