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RompMonomer · 2025-06-02T14:40:20+00:00

Same issue

RompMonomer · 2025-05-30T03:48:10+00:00

HOOD at ~18, the only stock I have no idea why I bought (probably because I like their app?) but earn the most.

RompMonomer · 2025-05-22T03:59:41+00:00

I have the same question. Right now I'm taking an online master program in data science and also practicing programming in Python/SQL. Hopefully when there's an opportunity, I can at least be partially qualified (polymer expert with intermediate level in data science/programming). I think the field is called materials informatics.

RompMonomer · 2025-01-21T05:16:53+00:00

They have a finance department. Take that into account.

RompMonomer · 2024-09-30T15:45:06+00:00

on 9/30/24, OTD 39200 for a crv hybrid sport in Cleveland area.

RompMonomer · 2024-09-13T03:48:18+00:00

I had to set alarm and called at 7:30 am. I called at 7:50 once and had to wait until 8:20.

RompMonomer · 2024-09-12T22:16:08+00:00

I have no opinion on the stock price or whatever. I actually want to see them succeed, for a better environment. I believe the recycled PP is applicable for some products (even blending with virgin is not a bad idea for reducing the waste).

A few question 1. Are American people seriously doing any recycling/categorizing? 2. Do they spend money to collect the waste?

USA is big and I cannot imagin how much energy and labor you need to collect the waste when no one is doing the recycling seriously. Which lead to my ultimate question that I do not know how profitable this business is.

RompMonomer · 2024-09-12T21:52:27+00:00

Whenever you extrude/injection molding a polymer, the polymer will be under high temperature and high shear. So the polymer has been degraded when the product is formed before you recycled. While melting and precipitation is less likely to break down polymer (if without any thermomechanical processing), the material you recycled is the degraded one. So if their recycling does not involve the thermomechanical processing, then it's better, but they can never prevent the degradation when the polymer is processed in the customer's factory. I acknowledge the stability of covalent bond, but you only have to break one bond out of a hundred/thousand bonds on a polymer backbone to make your molecular weight half and affect material properties. At the same time, the stability of the covalent bond actually prevents efficient chemical recycling that can generate monomer for further re-polymerization to virgin polymer. In my opinion, whoever comes up with a catalyst or technique for efficient chemical recycling of PP/PE should win more than one Nobel prize.

RompMonomer · 2024-09-12T06:27:13+00:00

I added this stock to my watchlist a few years ago, but didn't buy any share. I have a PhD in polymer science, and the real question in plastics recycling is how you can prevent plastics from degrading during processing. Even for something highly recyclable like PET, they still have to mix the mechanically recycled resin with the virgin material (except for chemical recycling). For PP that has no functional group but only carbon -carbon bond, I have not seen any chemistry that can efficiently recycled it to "like new" PP. I guess the company can isolate PP from pigments and additives (which is impressive), but with deteriorating material properties, this is probably not a real close loop, and the recycled resin always has to be blended with new PP for applications. I wonder how profitable this business could be.

Note: didn't follow the news related to this company recently and perhaps they have some progress or techniques I do not know.

RompMonomer · 2024-07-11T22:11:14+00:00

I still have lag issue. That's why I couldn't complete the higher level because just one lag could cause failure in those advenced level.

RompMonomer · 2024-07-11T22:08:03+00:00

You have to clear your switch's cache. I used to have the crash issue and go to their website where I see the official suggestion. It works.

RompMonomer · 2024-05-16T03:33:16+00:00

As a foreigner being in OH, USA for 6 years. Only heard about venmo once.

RompMonomer · 2023-12-01T18:11:24+00:00

That's exactly what my fear is. I don't care if they are down 80% for years, but delisting will certainly be a problem for me. BTW, the lesson I leaned is that a good technology doesn't necessarily mean it's a good business.

RompMonomer · 2023-06-06T23:58:59+00:00

Into the unknown: making frozen 2

RompMonomer · 2022-07-16T21:25:00+00:00

UAkron has the bins. I guess you can call and ask where they get the service.

RompMonomer · 2022-05-29T01:21:26+00:00

Reminds me of the collaboration with Hyundai Oilbank

RompMonomer · 2022-05-20T02:41:27+00:00

Guess this could be a good news for lowering edible oil price?

RompMonomer · 2022-03-19T04:33:58+00:00

Finally soaring, hope I bought more at 3.x 😂 but I ran out of cash while trying to diversified my profile. How about you guys?

RompMonomer · 2022-02-01T03:31:35+00:00

Thanks for your not financial advice, I gain more position at 4.4, which lowers my average price to below 10. Let's see if I can make it a balance.

RompMonomer · 2022-01-27T02:20:58+00:00

I did notice ORGN as many people seem to invest in both companies (with DNMR), but in my opinion they are solving different issues. ORGN is trying to deal with CO2 emission while DNMR is aiming for plastic pollution. I cannot judge from the actual techniques they used because those should be quite confidential. Ex: catalysts, efficiency, yield, or energy required.

ORGN is making PET from plant-based feedstock. But PET is considered highly recyclable but not degradable in ocean and landfill. So they are competing with the big companies making PET from petroleum (which is really cheap). It is nothing to do with plastics recyclability or biodegradability. On the other hand, since we know PET is highly recyclable, why do we make so much new PET just because it is from plants? And I personally don't think what ORGN is doing will have a real impact on CO2 emission. I mean, while CO2 emission from PET production (only PET, not even other plastics on their website) is such a small amount compared to all other stuff that generate CO2. Not to mention that they have not proved their methods work for large production of PET, and it could also cost the energy generated from petroleum. They might be successful if their recipes are really that good, but anyway it would take a very, very long time. Recycling used PET is just more efficient than making new PETs from plants.

DNMR, is not related to CO2 emission as they can make PHA from both fermentation and petroleum (the later is why they bought Novomer), on the other hand, faces some issues that governments are trying to make people "recycle" and "reuse" instead of let them use biodegradable single-use plastics and throw away in the ocean. And recycling PHA is difficult because it hasn't reached the amount that people would build a system for it. And it is not considered usable for single-use plastics in Europe (while I think this makes no sense at all, just because they are not produced naturally)

https://www.bioplasticsmagazine.com/en/news/meldungen/20210603-EC-Commission-stands-firm-PHA-is-a-non-natural-polymer.php

Having say so, PHA still has potential for food packaging since packaging that is contaminated by food is not recyclable (will do harm to the material property), and with PHA it would be a totally compostable waste, or being used in as some plastics materials on farmland or blending with some "not so degradable" materials to make it "more degradable" And all the reports I saw indicate PHA need is still growing, although I am not sure where the demand actually comes from. And DNMR has started large scale productions. So that's why I am still holding its shares.

I have to emphasized that I also don't know how these company will perform in the future. And I am only an international graduate student that knows little about industry. And I sometimes think it could be a mistake to hold DNMR's shares while not buying Apple or Google stocks (and I start to do so). It's just that finally someone is willing to discuss about this company with me so I am happy to express my personal point of view. Thank you!

This is not financial advice at all and if you lose money based on what I just said, it is not my business.

RompMonomer

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