Australia plans to replace much of its imported high density polyethylene geomembrane liners with product manufactured onshore. Garden City Plastics Pty. Ltd. (GCP), based at Monbulk, is investing more than A$5 million (US$4.8 million) in a new manufacturing plant to grab a share of the imported lining business, worth an estimated A$50 million (US$48.1 million). In the country, Common applications include floating covers for waste water ponds at paper mills; dam and water channel lining; to contain waste in landfills; and to contain ash at brown coal-fired power stations.

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