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Mattresses and Rebuilders/Refurbishers
Conigliaro Industries recently built a Mattress Shredding and Recycling Plant at our Framingham, Massachusetts facility. While rebuilders and refurbishers receive thousands of mattresses each year, there are many reasons to destroy and recycle mattresses, boxsprings, and furniture, rather than rebuild them.

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Mattresses and Landfills
Conigliaro Industries recently built a Mattress Shredding and Recycling Plant at our Framingham, Massachusetts Facility. While landfills receive thousands of mattresses each year, there are many reasons to recycle mattresses and boxsprings, rather than landfill them.

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Plas-Crete: A Lightweight, Portland Cement Concrete Product Manufactured from Discarded Mixed No. 3-7 Plastics, 2002, Fred Hooper of GeoTesting Express, Inc., Materials Technology Center, Charlton, MA and Conigliaro Industries, Framingham, MA
Studies have estimated up to 100,000 tons of mixed No. 3-7 plastic are generated annually in Massachusetts. Conigliaro Industries of Framingham, Massachusetts has addressed the need for beneficial use of this material by developing 'Plas-Crete': Portland cement concrete (PCC) containing mixed No. 3-7 waste plastic. GeoTesting Express' Materials Technology Center (GTX-MTC) was retained to better define the most appropriate mix parameters, to conduct third-party testing, evaluation, and related engineering services. Plas-Crete batches containing a range of sizes and types of mixed No. 3-7 waste plastic exhibited compressive strengths ranging from 300 to 1,700 psi. These values indicate Plas-Crete can be used for "low-density" (i.e., insulating) and "moderate-strength" lightweight concrete. GeoTesting Express is confident that with alteration of mix ratios and use of specific plastic sizes and particle shapes, higher compressive strengths (e.g., >2,500 psi) may be obtained allowing use of Plas-Crete as "structural" lightweight concrete. Plas-Crete has been an immediate success in the marketplace through use in manufacturing large (2’x 2’x 4’) lightweight concrete wall blocks for temporary and easily constructed retaining walls. These are currently being sold at a rate of 250 per week consuming about 31 tons per week of plastic that would otherwise go to a landfill.

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Report provided by The Chelsea Center for Recycling and Economic Development, University of Massachusetts Lowell


A Guide to Installing Plas-Crete Wall Blocks
Conigliaro Industries is pleased to provide this basic guide for the successful installation of our Plas-Crete Wall Blocks. The information contained in this guide was compiled from many sources, including the National Concrete Masonry Association, many other block manufacturing companies, various trade publications and from our experience as well as the experience of many contractors, landscape architects and engineers whom have successfully used Plas-Crete Wall Blocks in all types of applications.

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Force Protection Condition Definitions
Conigliaro Industries offers Plas-Crete Force Protection Blocks suitable for expedient hardening of critical facilities and equipment during increased Force Protection Conditions.

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Plas-Crete Force Protection Blocks in Action at Blast Range!
Force Protection Equipment Demonstration IV, Quantico Marine Corps Base, 6-8 May 2003


Plas-Crete Force Protection Blocks in Action at Ballistic Range!
Force Protection Equipment Demonstration IV, Quantico Marine Corps Base, 6-8 May 2003


Determining the Best Formulation for a Unique Asphalt Cold Patch Product made with #3-7 Rigid Plastic Aggregate, 2000, Anthony Conigliaro and Phil Watson, Conigliaro Industries, Inc.
With the constant development of new technology, the life span of most computers and electronics has shortened dramatically. This, in addition to waste bans, translates into enormous projected volumes of computer and electronic scrap. As this scrap volume has increased, so has the number of associated plastic housings. Conigliaro Industries identified this huge volume of #3 - 7 plastics, and emphasized the concept of using the plastic regrind as an integral part of a new product.

Cold Patch, an asphalt-like material used specifically to mend and/or patch large cracks and potholes in a paved area, was identified as a viable product to achieve this goal. With an American Plastics Council grant and a Recycling Industries Reimbursement Credit (RIRC) grant from the Department of Environmental Protection, Conigliaro purchased processing equipment and developed the cold patch mixing system. The Chelsea Center grant was used to develop a recipe for the cold patch. Several emulsion formulations were tried as well as various mixes of standard aggregates and plastic regrinds.

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Report provided by The Chelsea Center for Recycling and Economic Development, University of Massachusetts Lowell





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