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LEGAL NEWS
Fiberweb Geosynthetics Loses Appeal Over Liner Patent
https://www.judiciary.uk/publications/geofabrics-ltd-claimant-resp-v-fiberweb-geosynthetics-ltd-defendant-appellantrics-ltd-claimant-resp-v-fiberweb-geosynthetics-ltd-defendant-appellant/
Watch Court Case – GeoFabrics Ltd (Claimant/Resp) –v- Fiberweb Geosynthetics Ltd (Defendant/Appellant)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_UGH8B1kOo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bEuvGL68Bs
GeoFabrics UK Press Release: High Court Judgement On Patent Infringement
https://www.geofabrics.com/press-release-high-court-judgement-on-patent-infringement-2/
INDUSTRY NEWS
Maccaferri Successfully Completes Landslide Mitigation Works in the Hilly Terrains of the Himalayas Foothills
https://www.business-standard.com/content/press-releases-ani/maccaferri-successfully-completes-landslide-mitigation-works-in-the-hilly-terrains-of-lambagarh-uttarakhand-121060901106-1.html
Geotube
https://www.tencategeo.asia/media/df6df588-a98f-449a-9b0d-d13cd38519e6/7D1TCg/TenCate-20Geosynthetics/Documents-20ASIA/English/Case-20studies/Geotube-C2-AE-20Mine-20Wastewater-20Management-20at-20MMG-20Gold-20Mine,-20Tasmania.pdf
TenCate Geosynthetics Geotextile Tubes Selected for Atlantic City Creek and Channels Sediment Dredging Project
https://www.dredgingtoday.com/2021/06/14/sevenson-getting-ready-for-absecon-dredging/
Thrace Group Announce Share Buy-Back Plan
https://www.thracegroup.com/us/en/news/commencement-of-share-buy-back-plan/
LANDFILL LINER PRESENTATIONS (LAST WEEK)
‘Vertical Walls for Landfill Cells – Are They Worth Exploring Or Are They Too Steep to Climb?’
By Marissa Theodorou and Michael Dennis (GHD Consultants)
https://www.wmrr.asn.au/Web/Conferences-and-Events/Australian-Landfill-and-Transfer-Stations-Conference/2021/Program.aspx
‘Steep Wall Liner Design Process’
By Luke Adams and Callum Browning (Tonkin & Taylor Consultants)
https://www.wmrr.asn.au/Web/Conferences-and-Events/Australian-Landfill-and-Transfer-Stations-Conference/2021/Program.aspx
PFAS, Geosynthetics and Environmental Protection: A New Era of Concerns or Opportunities?
By Prof. Malek Bouazza (Monash University)
https://www.wmrr.asn.au/Web/Conferences-and-Events/Australian-Landfill-and-Transfer-Stations-Conference/2021/Program.aspx
Development of Hybrid Geosynthetic Clay Liners for Attenuation of PFAS in Australian Landfill Leachates
By Ryan Hackney (Geofabrics Australia)
https://www.wmrr.asn.au/Web/Conferences-and-Events/Australian-Landfill-and-Transfer-Stations-Conference/2021/Program.aspx
‘SRWRA’s Piggy Back Liner Using a Bituminous Geomembrane (BGM)’
By Don Richardson (Golder Consultants)
https://www.wmrr.asn.au/Web/Conferences-and-Events/Australian-Landfill-and-Transfer-Stations-Conference/2021/Program.aspx
‘Case Study: Sustainable Design & Procurement of Geosynthetics’
By Peter Tzelepis (Geofabrics Australia)
https://www.wmrr.asn.au/Web/Conferences-and-Events/Australian-Landfill-and-Transfer-Stations-Conference/2021/Program.aspx
WEBINARS
IGS Webinar: ‘Soil Erosion Control and Soil Conservation Using Geosynthetics’ (24 June 2021)
https://www.igs-uk.org/event/erosion-control-2/?instance-id=246
GEOTEXTILES
Physical Model Studies on Damage and Stability Analysis of Breakwaters Armoured with Geotextile Sand Containers
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0266114420301515?via=ihub
GEOGRIDS
Effect of Geogrid and Steel Fibres on Flexural Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Beams
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214785321040529#!
Influence of Geogrid Aperture Size on the Behaviour of Mechanically Stabilized Pavements
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784483510.025
Settlement Behaviour of Circular Footing on Geocell- and Geogrid-Reinforced Pond Ash Bed Under Combined Static and Cyclic Loading
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12517-021-07424-5
Investigating the Performance of Geogrid Reinforced Unbound Layer Using Light Weight Deflectometer (LWD)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42947-021-00015-3
Geogrid-Soil interaction: A New Conceptual Model and Testing Apparatus
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0266114421000650
Effect of Geogrid on the Structural Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Beams
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1895/1/012048/pdf
ENVIRONMENT
Twenty Polymer Firms Produce 55% of World’s Plastic Waste, Report Reveals
“Plastic pollution is one of the greatest and most critical threats facing our planet,” said Dr Andrew Forrest AO, chairman of the Minderoo Foundation
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/18/twenty-firms-produce-55-of-worlds-plastic-waste-report-reveals
Polymer Resin Producers to Invest Billions in New Recycling Technology
https://waste-management-world.com/a/european-plastics-manufacturers-invest-billions-of-euros-in-chemical-recycling
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