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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

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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/

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

 

Plastic-eating superworms with ‘recycling plant’ in their guts might get a job gobbling up waste

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Plastic-eating superworms with ‘recycling plant’ in their guts might get a job gobbling up waste

via SCMP Scientists from Australia’s University of Queensland have discovered that a type of beetle larvae called Zophobas morio can consume and break down polystyrene. Research published in the scientific journal Microbial Genomics on June 9, 2022, says the superworms possess special gut enzymes that can break down plastic. The researchers say they now hope to study the enzymes to engineer ways the substance could be used to break down and dispose of plastic waste in the future.

Microplastics detected in meat, milk and blood of farm animals

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Microplastics detected in meat, milk and blood of farm animals

via The Guardian

Microplastic contamination has been reported in beef and pork for the first time, as well as in the blood of cows and pigs on farms.

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Scientists at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA) in the Netherlands found the particles in three-quarters of meat and milk products tested and every blood sample in their pilot study.

Read the full story here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/08/microplastics-detected-in-meat-milk-and-blood-of-farm-animals

Material Insights: Ukraine crisis drives resin price increases

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From Razors to Soda Bottles, Consumer Goods Feel Resin-Cost Burn

via Bloomberg

Booming prices for resins, the building blocks for plastic, have already helped drive up the cost of making everyday products such as toys, bottles and face masks.

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Now the fossil-fuel-derived ingredient could get even more expensive as Russia’s attack on Ukraine raises the risk of higher oil prices, potentially trickling down to what consumers pay for household and personal care products. Brent crude had already risen almost 48% in the last year.

Read the full story here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-25/from-razors-to-soda-bottles-consumer-goods-feel-resin-cost-burn

Lab turns hard-to-process plastic waste into carbon-capture master

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Lab turns hard-to-process plastic waste into carbon-capture master

via Phys.org

What seems like a win-win for a pair of pressing environmental problems describes a Rice University lab’s newly discovered chemical technique to turn waste plastic into an effective carbon dioxide (CO2) sorbent for industry.

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Rice chemist James Tour and co-lead authors Rice alumnus Wala Algozeeb, graduate student Paul Savas and postdoctoral researcher Zhe Yuan reported in the American Chemical Society journal ACS Nano that heating plastic waste in the presence of potassium acetate produced particles with nanometer-scale pores that trap carbon dioxide molecules.

Read the full story here: https://phys.org/news/2022-04-lab-hard-to-process-plastic-carbon-capture-master.html