Capturing Plastic Pellets, Nurdles at Plastics Manufacturing Facility

To capture plastic pellets, also known as nurdles, SOP Technologies designed and implemented customized stormwater filters for a plastic manufacturing facility. This prevents the nurdles from leaving the facility and discharging to local waterways. Contact SOP Technologies for custom engineering solutions.

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Plastic pellets, also called "nurdles", are used to manufacture the products we use everyday, but when they escape into the natural environment, they have devastating consequences. One plastics manufacturer didn’t want to allow their plastic pellets to escape their facility, so they contacted SOP Technologies.

In addition to ensuring plastics don’t leave the facility, the plant wanted to improve water drainage, prevent flooding during rain events, and reduce maintenance costs. SOP Technologies designed and implemented a modular and highly customizable set of stormwater screens. These were then placed at the various stormwater outfalls around the facility.

The new screens provide a greater area for water flow, a multi-step water filtration process, and reduce the maintenance frequency of stormwater systems. The facility has taken an important step to Stop Ocean Pollution.

Links to ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Nurdle Patrol : Nurdle Patrol is a citizen science project run by the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (Reserve) at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, Texas. The Reserve brings together scientists, landowners, policy-makers, and the public to ensure that coastal management decisions benefit flora and fauna, water quality, and people.

This page from the University of Texas at Austin includes Microplastic & Nurdle Literature.

CBS This Morning - Plastic pellets known as nurdles are polluting our waterways https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTW8OcmmR8M

Mongabay - Plastic pellet pollution can end through coordinated efforts, report shows https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/plastic-pellet-pollution-can-end-through-coordinated-efforts-report-shows/

Plastic Soup Foundation - Nieuwsuur TV item (English subtitles) https://www.plasticsoupfoundation.org/en/nurdles/

The Great Nurdle Hunt https://www.nurdlehunt.org.uk/the-problem.html

NOAA Ocean Service https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/microplastics.html

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Public Works Implementing Stormwater Inlet Protection Devices in the City of Miami

The City of Miami recently implemented 20 of the SOP Technologies patented stormwater drainage filters in order to prevent street litter from entering waterways, prevent street floods caused by clogged stormwater pipes and catch basins, and reduce maintenance costs by allowing the litter to be cleaned up in a cost-efficient manner using street sweeping.

Video of installed SOP Technologies Stormwater Filters

Photos of SOP Technologies Stormwater Filters

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Photos showing litter that had entered storm drains prior to filter installations

Stormwater drainage filters prevent floods and pollution at local waterways - videos

The City of Miami recently mentioned its partnership with SOP Technologies to use our stormwater curb drainage filters to address stormwater flooding and stormwater pollution, while saving money for the city. Here is the message from the city’s Resilience team:

Source: https://mailchi.mp/2b36e962c853/022720-762137?e=eb182e8ac7

Stormwater Best Management Practice (BMP)

Videos showing SOP Technologies’ inlet protection screens serving to address stormwater runoff and pollution issues in several cities.

Resilient Forward Podcast Episode - Stopping Pollution At Our Drains

For the Resilient Forward Podcast, SOP Technologies CEO, Emilio Lopez, speaks with Irela Bague about water pollution and new, cost-effective ways to address pollution at the source. Click below to listen to the interview.

Preventing pollution in our waterways is vital to the health of all South Florida communities. We visited Emilio Lopez, CEO of SOP Technologies, a company with patented technology to prevent leaves, litter, and debris from entering stormwater systems and discharging to waterways. We sat down with Emilio and discussed their mission "Stop Ocean Pollution," their products that help decrease water pollution, the importance of advocating for a cleaner Biscayne Bay, and how technology innovations are helping to keep our waterways clean. Listen to the full episode today. If you would like to learn more about SOP Technologies, visit: https://soptechint.com/ . Follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fightpollution , Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StopOceanPollution/, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stop-ocean-pollution  and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stopworldpollution/ Learn more about Resilient Forward at www.resilientforward.com Follow us on Twitter @ResilientFWD , Facebook @ResilientForward and Instagram @ResilientForward Resilient Forward is also available on iTunes, Spotify, iHeart, Stitcher, and Google Play. Hosted by Irela Bagué |​ Produced by Ana Fiotte

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