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BREAKING NEWS

Solmax Builds Innovative Ground Basin Heat Storage in its Front Yard with Funding from Federal Government [PDF]
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/eJOfwc0RA972LLP

Lawsuit Filed Against Fibertex Nonwovens for Alleged PFAS Contamination of Drinking Water
https://www.britishwaterfilter.com/the-latest-toxic-tort-suit-targets-a-fabric-manufacturer-for-pfas-contamination-in-drinking-water/

US Government Issues January 2025 Geosynthetic Materials Approved Suppliers List (Declassified)
Winners are Core & Main, Hanes, SKAPS, Solmax, Thrace and Winfab
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/wXSkL6r5y4of2Fq

EDITOR’S CORNER

The Ingenious Strategies Behind China’s Geosynthetics Success [PDF]
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/kSwOpz1RkoeDWUJ

The Decline in Geomembrane Demand in China Due to a Shift Towards Incineration Technologies for MSW [PDF]
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/8Qn5N2cxC3IDCuk

LEGAL CASES

Landfill Gas Experts from Jacobs and SLR Consulting Battle it Out in the Veolia Court Case in the Supreme Court
Richard Evans (Jacobs) and Warren Pump (Salient GeoEnvironmental) were called to give evidence by the plaintiffs, with Anthony Lane (SLR Consulting called by the defendants (Veolia)
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/68Em104dMyPsl1L

Judgement Published in Landfill case against Veolia (Declassified) [PDF]
Mr Pump acknowledged that geomembrane tears are likely to occur on a final cap placed over unsettled waste. He also acknowledged that settlement may have an adverse effect on a final cap and that the timing of the placement of the final cap should consider the rate at which settlement is occurring.
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/68Em104dMyPsl1L

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT !

Agru & G quadrat: Durable Pit Thermal Energy Storages Using Functional Geomembranes [PDF]
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/t6CfN7QUxhGQunX

New Generation of Durable and Safe Pit Thermal Energy Storage – PTES [PDF]
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/h2oBPQMir87uXVZ

INDUSTRY NEWS

Demo Dave’s New Website in Now Live – The Geomembrane Welding Guru is Back !
https://dmsolutions-inc.com/

The New Badass™ 300 Geomembrane Welding is Now Available
https://dmsolutions-inc.com/product/badass-300/

Presentation on MSE Wall Failures & Lessons Learned (Free Download)
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/pcyydNGLycB9NMw

Terre Armee Becomes Geoquest
https://www.geoquest-group.com/

Director of SAGEOS Geosynthetics Testing Laboratory David Beaumier Stepping Down
https://gcttg.com/en/ctt-group/our-team/

Interview with Managing Director · SKAPS Industries India (Mr. Utkarsha Parikh)
https://www.fibre2fashion.com/interviews/industry-speak/skaps-industries-india-pvt-ltd/mr-utkarsh-parikh/28-1

Phillip Island Residents at Risk Permanent Inundation Due to Coastal Erosion and Rising Sea Levels Call for Geotextile Sandbags
The community hope the state government will provide funding for geotextile sandbags to protect the beach and nearby homes.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/bass-coast/silverleaves-beach-at-cowes-phillip-island-at-risk-permanent-inundation-due-to-coastal-erosion-and-rising-sea-levels/news-story/69d46be4f5f75eb0a4c0cb87bf2492ba

Geotextiles Fingered as the Probable Source of Microplastics in a Rural River Sourced from the UK’s Largest Opencast Coal Mine
The microplastic fibres may have originated from the shedding of underground geotextiles used for soil stabilization, drainage, or erosion control that are used in and around mining sites and which commonly use PET polymers in their construction (European Environmental Agency, 2024).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749125000958

New York Canal Rehabilitation Project Using Geomembranes – VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGsOndhm92M

How to Combat Soft Shale Slope Erosion with the GEOWEB® Slope Protection System
https://energynow.com/2025/01/combat-soft-shale-slope-erosion-with-the-geoweb-slope-protection-system/

Emerging Concerns Over Migration of Vanadium Oxide Nanoparticles in Landfills
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304389425002055

GEOMEMBRANES

GCL-LLDPE Geomembrane Interface Friction Angle Evaluation and Stability Analysis of a Valley Fill Leach Pad Project [PDF]
https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2024/99/e3sconf_geoamericas2024_16003.pdf

GEOTEXTILES

Wastewater Treatment with Geotextile Filters: The Role in Permeability and Pollutant Control
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/2/626

Effects of Permeable Geotextiles of Different Densities on Soil Cracking and Evaporation Behaviour
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/3/367

Experimental Study on Shear Behaviour of Geotextile Encased Lime Energy Column – Soil Interface in Degraded Permafrost Environment
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165232X2500014X

GCLs

GCL-LLDPE Geomembrane Interface Friction Angle Evaluation and Stability Analysis of a Valley Fill Leach Pad Project [PDF]
https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2024/99/e3sconf_geoamericas2024_16003.pdf

Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Geosynthetic Clay Liners (GCLs) (THESIS)
https://webthesis.biblio.polito.it/33434/

GEOGRIDS

A Reinforced Earth Railway Embankment for A Coal Handling Plant
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40891-025-00610-5

Effect of Temperature on Geogrid-Soil Interface Performance Based on Pull-out Test
https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jgein.24.00136

Seismic Behaviour and Energy Evolution of High-fill Embankment Reinforced by Pile-Slab Structure and Geogrids on Slope Accumulation
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0267726125000247

GEOFOAMS

An Experimental Study on Foam-Conditioned Soils for Application in EPBS Tunnelling
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40891-025-00612-3

Geofoam Materials Utilization For Bridge Abutment Embankment Of The Trans Sumatra Toll Road: A Case Study
https://geomatejournal.com/geomate/article/view/4641

Novel Method to Predict the Efficiency of a Geofoam-filled Trench in Mitigating Ground Vibrations Within Layered Soil Using an Artificial Neural Network (ANN)
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/mlag-08-2024-0006/full/html

Field and Numerical Assessment of Geofoam Inclusion Behind a Rigid Cantilever Wall
https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jgrim.24.00079

Dynamic Properties of Geofoam (EPS) From Dry to Fully Saturated Conditions
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S095006182500011X

MICROPLASTICS

Geotextiles Fingered as the Probable Source of Microplastics in a Rural River Sourced from the UK’s Largest Opencast Coal Mine
The microplastic fibres may have originated from the shedding of underground geotextiles used for soil stabilization, drainage, or erosion control that are used in and around mining sites and which commonly use PET polymers in their construction (European Environmental Agency, 2024).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749125000958

Microplastic Human Dietary Uptake from 1990 to 2018 Grew across 109 Major Developing and Industrialized Countries but Can Be Halved by Plastic Debris Removal
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.4c00010

NEW WEBINARS

New Webinar – Maximizing Ballast Life and Rail Performance with GEOWEB Geocells – Feb. 4
https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2025/01/14/maximizing-ballast-life-and-rail-performance-with-geoweb-geocells/

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