September 2022 Vol. 1

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Simbeck Liners Win in Legal Dispute
Simbeck was contracted to install a geosynthetic lining system on the slopes of the embankment on a tailings storage facility (TSF)
https://scholar.google.com.au/scholar_case?case=17601006513462595773&q=geosynthetic&hl=en&scisbd=2&as_sdt=2006&as_ylo=2022

Perth Airport Accuses Airservices Australia of PFAS Contamination
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/2uqGTEYX2kZoMy6

Press Release – Geotest Wins Over 6 Mill Dollars of Contracts to Perform of Works on Liners and Floating Covers
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/TQ4Wl2B3ClXPbby

Tensar Develop Horizontal Mechanically Stabilizing Geogrid with Improved Geotechnical Interaction
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/WO2022182411A1.pdf

Webinar – Revised Wind Uplift Design Methodology for Exposed Geomembrane Covers (23rd Sept. 2022)
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4680033180968629515

Business Pressures that Layfield Face in 2022
https://canadianchemistry.ca/q-a-with-ciac-pd-member-layfield-group-ltd/

Dutch Company Patents 100 Year + Life Geosynthetic Landfill Barrier [PDF]
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP3312349B1.pdf

Sensor Introduces DDS MIT for Waterless Geomembrane Arc Testing
https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2022/08/30/sensor-introduces-dds-mit-for-waterless-geomembrane-arc-testing/

SWOT and PESTLE Analysis for WSP Global
https://www.swotandpestle.com/pdf/index.php?id=9950/2048/2049

Federal Government Geomembrane Specifications Revised (Declassified)
https://imlive.s3.amazonaws.com/Federal Government/ID211780340121466483236230546274984657450/B09 GeomembraneSpecs revised_0001.pdf

GEOMEMBRANES

Assessment of Gas Dispersion Near an Operating Landfill Treated by Different Intermediate Covers with Soil Alone, LLDPE and EVOH Geomembranes
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-022-22794-3

GCCMs

Soprema Upload New Tilex® and Tilex® Plus GCCM Datasheets
https://lotus.soprema.fr/www/reftechsop.nsf/($AllByUNID)/DAF0EE73CDE041E6C12585F400407F2B/$File/BETF-MISFR0031.a-NL TILTEX.pdf
https://lotus.soprema.fr/www/reftechsop.nsf/($AllByUNID)/BBDDAFD106D4AAA7C12585F100274644/$File/DOP_MISFR031.b.NL_TILTEX_TILTEX PLUS.pdf

GEOTEXTILE TUBES

Experimental Study on the Effect of Particle Gradation on Dewatering Performance of Geotextile Tubes
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/x26HwkohrzANypI

Consolidation Theory of Slurry Dewatered by Permeable Geotextile Tube with Distributed Prefabricated Drains
https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cgj-2022-0083?journalCode=cgj

Boatup Tubes Company Targets Geotextile Tubes Market
https://geotube-boatup.com/

GEOTEXTILES

Comprehensive Analysis of the Stability of Tailings-Geotextile Composite—Iron Mine Tailings Dam
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.931714/full
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/PHrmUz7WevtHtW4

GEOGRIDS

Effect of Support Conditions on the Performance of b70 Sleeper Overlying Geogrid Reinforced Ballast and Sub-Ballast Layer: Experimental and Analytical Investigation
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214391222001313

Utilization of Recycled Concrete Aggregates as Coarse Material Sandwich to Improve the Pull-out Strength of Geosynthetics in a Fine Sand
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363200703_Utilization_of_Recycled_Concrete_Aggregates_as_Coarse_Material_Sandwich_to_Improve_the_Pullout_Strength_of_Geosynthetics_in_a_Fine_Sand

MICROPLASTICS

EU Microplastics’ Ban Misses the Mark
https://www.recycling-magazine.com/2022/09/01/euric-microplastics-ban-misses-the-mark/

Microplastics in Blood Spotlight Health Emergency from Plastic Pollution
https://www.discovery.com/science/microplastics-in-the-blood

NEW PRODUCTS

Specialty Fluoropolymer Tank Liners and Covers Give Unparalleled Chemical Resistance and UV Stability
https://www.textilescoated.com/

UK Manufactured Lotrak® Geotextiles Exhibit the Highest Quality and Excellent Mechanical Properties
https://www.donlow.co.uk/gb/en/markets/geotextiles/

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