Containment

Albarrie Canada Limited is proud to announce the launch of our new joint venture with Terrafix Geosynthetics Inc. These two well known companies are joining forces to create Terrafix Albarrie Geosynthetics (TAG) Environmental Inc. TAG Environmental will manufacture a full line of premium quality, Geosynthetic Clay Liners (GCL), as well as other specialty products in Barrie, Ontario, Canada.

Applied Market Information (AMI) has released the brochure for Polyolefins Additives 2009, the 2nd international conference on Polyolefin Additives. The event will be held at the Maritim Hotel in Cologne, Germany from 30 March - 1 April 2009. Adding value and enhancing performance are key functions of additives for polyolefins. The chemical industry is constantly aiming to produce better products and this conference brings together experts in plastics and additives to discuss the latest developments. Download your copy today.

A report on waste disposal in China: In less than five years, the Zhengzhou Comprehensive Waste Treatment Landfill has overwhelmed this otherwise pristine village of about 1,000 people. Peaches and cherries rot on trees, infested with insect life drawn by the smell. Fields lie unharvested, contaminated by toxic muck. Every day, another 100 or so tonnes of garbage arrive from nearby Zhengzhou, a provincial capital of eight million. Though a polyethylene liner is in place, residents contend it does not span the whole landfill, and that what is there may be torn. Learn more here.;

The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) is holding its first-ever photo competition. Members should keep an eye on the deadline date: 1 February 2010. This initiative comes just ahead of the planned April 2010 launch of the redesigned IGS website and May 2010's major, quadrennial IGS conference: 9ICG. The 9th International Conference on Geosynthetics will be held 23-27 May 2010 in Guaruja, Brazil (near São Paulo).

The dream of zero-leak liners has become a reality. While many geosynthetic containment systems have been installed and produced a zero-leak final product, this type of performance is not...

Low and Bonar confirms that its Annual General Meeting will be held on 31 March 2011 at The Cumberland Hotel, Great Cumberland Place, London, W1A 4RF, commencing at midday. A notice convening that meeting has today been posted to shareholders (and submitted to the National Storage Mechanism) together with a copy of the Company's Annual Report for the year ended 30 November 2010.

Help your fellow civil engineers and civil engineering students who have been in the paths of recent natural disasters of historic magnitude around the nation, from severe flooding to F5 tornadoes. The Society has established a relief fund to aid ASCE members who are experiencing hardships. Make a contribution, and what you give will be matched by ASCE up to a total of $10,000. Learn more here.;

geosynthetica is always interested in the latest news and articles regarding engineering and geosynthetics. Contact Chris Kelsey for submission information.

After considerable trouble with erosion and levee stability south of Marrero (Louisiana), the West Bank Levee Board has formed an agreement with the US Army Corps of Engineers to shore up the oft-crumbling levee with geotextiles. Roughly 1,600 feet of the earthen levee has been threatened, with two failures having occurred in the last 20 years and which affected 600 feet of the structure. Geotextiles will be used now and the levee will be raised from 10 feet to 14.5 feet to guard against a 100-year storm. Learn more here.;

One of the world’s most active chapters of the International Geosynthetics Society was created 20 years ago. This year, when IGS Brasil members gather for the chapter’s annual meeting,...

Presentations from the Sixth AgSTAR National Conference are now available on the event website. Learn more here.;

In May 2014, Brawler Industries acquired In-Line Plastics, LC. The move extended Brawler's geomembrane manufacturing and fabrication abilities, joining In-Line's large Houston facility with the acquiring company's plant...

Tobolsk-Polymer LCC and the Italian company Tecnimont S.p.A. have concluded an Engineering Procurement and Construction Contract (EPC-contract) for a propane dehydration unit with the capacity of 510 thousand tons of propylene per year in Tobolsk.

With more than 100 presentations, numerous networking opportunities, and special sessions on today's hottest waste management topics, the Global Waste Management Symposium (GWMS) 2010 is a must-attend event. It will provide the forum for topics critical to the global waste community. GWMS 2010 will be held 3-6 October 2010 at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa in San Antonio, Texas. Learn more.

WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued updates to its April 2012 oil and natural gas standards for storage tanks, which allow responsible oil and natural...

In this episode of GeoTalk, we check in with Tom Williams, a 40-year veteran of disturbed land reclamation work, much of which has been in connection with mining. Mining activities...

Nearly a decade ago, the success of a geotextile bag artificial surf reef raised great interest; and since then numerous projects have been launched. In recent years, however, many projects have been started but not fully carried through, often due to funding. The result have been dissatisfied municipalities and not-as-designed surf production. ASR, the company building these reefs, is now offering to complete one reef at cost using rock instead of geotextile bags. Rock, in these projects, is actually cheaper. Learn more here.;

Canada's largest legal professionals recruitment firm, ZSA, has published a short piece from Golder Associates' Ian Hers on vapour mitigation, brownfield redevelopment and how service sector construction must cope with an industrial business past. He introduces readers of the Lawyers Weekly to geomembranes as vapour barriers. Learn more here.;

The EcoPerspectives blog on the French nuclear industry has published a piece about La Manche Storage Center (CSM) for essentially short-lived waste of “low”- and intermediate-level radioactivity. One of the reports was on the advisability of installing a more durable cover over the waste. The next annual surveillance reports must evaluate the rate of infiltration through the geomembrane now over the waste. Read more. Learn more here.;

Management has been contracted to handle solid oily waste that's cleaned off our beaches. An article at Fox 10 TV (Pensacola, Florida area) take a look at landfill construction and environmental security measures. According to Waste Management, that oily waste is not hazardous. So when it's dumped there, it's mixed in with all the other garbage and is contained by the waste cells' up-to-regulation, multi-layer liner and leachate management systems. Learn more here.;

Geosynthetic barriers perform exceptionally well in liquid containment applications, but gas barrier performance can still be improved. Volatile organic compounds, for example, can diffuse through barrier systems. The rate...

Many conferences are targeted by hotel booking scams and room resellers who are not associated with the event. These non-sanctioned buyers convince potential attendees that rooms are selling out...

Mark Sieracke of Weaver Consultants Group will provide a special keynote lecture focused on Geosynthetic Protection and Covering on Thursday, September 8. The talk is part of CQA...

Trelleborg Waterproofing introduces Electrobond, a new and revolutionary method based on a state-of-the-art induction heating technique, for fixing Trelleborg Waterproofing's advanced Elastoseal roofing system to buildings. As the system is maintenance-free with exceptional durability, it proves extremely economical over a long service life.

Combining the efforts of two industry leaders in remediation technologies promises to provide increased value to the environmental remediation industry. CETCO Remediation Technologies proudly announces a signed agreement with Tensar International Corporation (TIC) granting exclusive distribution rights to the Triton® Marine Mattress System in the United States and Canada for subaqueous treatment of contaminated sediments. Read more in the release.