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BREAKING NEWS
Ground-Breaking Australian Study Finds Short-Chain PFAS in Common Geomembranes [PDF]
The PFAS was attributed to polymer processing aid (PPA) formulations and/or PFAS-containing additives
NLWC Formally Opposes Geotube Expansion
CONFERENCE NEWS
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Experts in Polypropylene Nonwoven Anti-Cracking Geotextiles for Highway Engineering Coming to GeoAsia8
Reflective cracking occurs when cracks from underlying pavement layers propagate through to the surface asphalt overlay. This is typically caused by traffic loading, thermal movement and shrinkage of cement-treated bases or stabilized layers
Shandong Innovative Material Technology Co. (INNO MATERIALS) have developed new innovative Anti-cracking geotextiles that are designed to absorb tensile stresses and delay or prevent this crack propagation.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT !
Concrete Canvas Disagrees with Recent Polish Court of Appeals Decision And Is Reviewing Options For Appeal to Supreme Court [PDF]
Since launching its patent infringement lawsuit against Eurobent in 2018, Concrete Canvas has secured additional European patents covering Poland that further protect its GCCM technologies.
Concrete Canvas remains committed to robust enforcement of its intellectual property rights
The Quest to Build New Islands in the Maldives with Geotextile Sand Containers [PDF]
LEGAL NEWS
Court Finds Veolia Provided Outdated Data to an Expert Witness Regarding the Performance of its Landfill Gas Extraction System, which was Deemed Serious Trial Misconduct
Victorian Supreme Court found Veolia Environmental Services in breach of its landfill operating licence and the general environmental duty (GED) under the Environment Protection Act 2017 (Vic). The court determined that Veolia failed to implement all practicable measures to prevent excessive landfill gas emissions from its Hallam Road site between July 2022 and October 2023.
- Veolia submitted landfill gas extraction data to their expert witness that did not reflect the current operational conditions during the period of alleged environmental breaches (July 2022 – October 2023).
- This outdated data misrepresented the effectiveness of the gas control measures in place at the time of the emissions issue.
- The court viewed this as a failure to comply with the obligation of candour and fairness to the court in environmental litigation.
NEW PATENTS
GEOMEMBRANES
Coloured HDPE Textured Geomembranes Exposed to UV: Laboratory Insights into Material Degradation
Performance Assessment and Optimization of an Earth–Rock Cofferdam Considering Seepage Effect
The optimal design parameters of the cut-off wall are proposed, and it is suggested that the composite geomembrane-inclined core wall cofferdam can be well adapted to the complex terrain characteristics.
GEOTEXTILES
An Experimental Study on the Influence of Low -Cement Content on Improved Filling Characteristics of Geotextile Bags Filled with Fine Tailings Slurry
Constructing dams with geotextile bags filled with fine tailings can overcome the shortage of sand and gravel resources for dam construction. In addition, it can also prevent safety hazards caused by the deposition of fine tailings in tailings reservoirs. However, the geotextile bags were made of polypropylene woven fabrics, whose surface pore size can influence both the dehydration rate and the amount of tailings consolidated in geotextile bags.
GEOGRIDS
Influence of Temperature on the Static Interface Interaction of Marine Silica Sand and Geogrid
LANDFILLS
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