Containment

Mexican chemical and petrochemical firm Mexichem reported profits of US $108 million for the first nine months of 2008, which is relatively level with the same period last year. Mexichem has been busy with acquisitions in the past year, snatching up geotexile-manufacturers Geosistemas de Perú and Brazil-based Bidim and various other companies connected to mining, drainage and agriculture, such as Plastubos (Brazil), Dripsa (Argentina), Río Verde (Mexico), and Quimir (Mexico). Learn more here.;

ASTM Committee F17 on Plastic Piping Systems has release a work item, WK28901. The item, "Standard Terminology Relating to Plastic Piping Systems," is a revision to existing standard F412-09. Learn more here.;

Updated March 24: We've added a seventh geosynthetics app, the EPI Geomembrane Product Locator, which was released in March 2017 after this article had already been compiled. Smartphones are ubiquitous,...

EcoInform has announced dates for the 7th Cooperation for Waste Issues forum. It will be held 7-8 April 2010 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Papers are being solicited through 1 December 2009. Key topics sought include environmental issues of waste management, new technologies, landfill construction and operation, sludge management, waste to energy, and more. Learn more at the conference website. Learn more here.;

By GSE Environmental - This technical note focuses on CCR closure and post-closure care for facilities closing with the coal combustion residual waste remaining in place. In the United...

Arab Water World, which covers water, wastewater treatment, canal lining and other markets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), now offers its issues in PDF. Visit the magazine's website--www.awwmag.com--to register for free. A PDF link is included below (but free registration may be required). Learn more here.;

A great many alternatives have been proposed for mitigating the damage from the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Geosynthetic technologies have certainly been part of active solutions, from oil booms to floating geosynthetic tubes to sock normally used for stopping sediment migration (and, in this case, perhaps filled with human hair). But, so far, these solutions have focused mostly on surface collection of oil. In an online discussion with I-CORP's Ian Peggs, SKZ's Helmut Zanzinger proposed some loose ideas on how geosynthetic technologies might be incorporated into stopping the spill from its point of origin. We reprint his comments here by permission and invite other ideas from the global geosynthetics community.

Masterpak recently installed 12,000 m2 of geosynthetics, including AGRU geomembrane liners, at an irrigation lake in Qattara, Jbeil, Lebanon. The polyethylene (PE) film manufacturer's team successfully completed the large project in less than one week, working under unfavorable weather conditions.

The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) will hold the First International GSI-Asia Geosynthetics Conference at the Windsor Hotel Taichung in Taichung, Taiwan from 16-18 November 2010. The conference themes is "Geosynthetics in Infrastructure Applications." GSI's Geosynthetic Research Institute (GRI) annually holds an international event in North America. That event is nearing its 25th anniversary. The launch of an international forum serving the Asia region is exciting news. Read more.

Waterproof Membranes 2010, the 4th international industry conference organised by AMI, will take place at the Maritim Hotel in Cologne, Germany on 30 November-2nd December 2010. The focus is on roofing membranes and geomembranes. On the first evening there is a welcome cocktail reception and registration, followed by a 2-day programme of expert presentations. A small specialist exhibition runs alongside the conference. Abstracts are invited through 28 May 2010. Learn more here.;

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada - Layfield Environmental Systems is pleased to announce the recent award of a contract to supply and install 105,000 m2 of Enviro Liner® 6040HD in a secondary containment application for Enbridge’s...

GEOSPERU 2017 will be held 29 – 31 March 2017 at the Hotel Los Delfines in Lima, Peru. Hosted by the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) Peruvian Chapter, the event...

HUESKER Group announces a strengthened management structure, which sets new priorities and will further improve customer orientation, reaction times and HUESKER's product and service portfolio. In order to serve the...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a new design competition called the Campus RainWorks Challenge to encourage student teams on college and university campuses across the country to develop innovative approaches to stormwater management. The competition will help raise awareness of green design and planning approaches at colleges and universities, and train the next generation of landscape architects, planners, and engineers in green infrastructure principles and design.

The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) has just release Volume 31, Issue 1 of its IGS News. Published three times per year in support of the often-updated news on its...

The dreaded shipworm is moving into the Baltic Sea, threatening artefacts of the area's cultural heritage. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg suspect that the unfortunate spread is due to climate change, and are currently involved in an EU project to determine which archaeological remains are at risk. Protective geotextiles have been proposed as a potential saving solution. Krister Svahn writes from Sweden's University of Gothenburg.

A new, patent pending capping system called LiteEarth™ launched at the international Waterproof Membranes Conference in Dusseldorf, Germany. The system features a single-ply composite of synthetic grass fused with EPDM geomembrane to produce a flexible, durable, one of a kind product for a wide range of permanent closures.

Baku, Fineko/abc.az Azerbaijani-Russian joint venture Azrosprominvest with the support of the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank in Azerbaijan is to construct a geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) production factory. The plant’s capacity will reach 12,000 sq m of mats for 8 working hours. The volume of investments will depend on commercial business plans. Reportedly, the plant will produce Bentomat, which is a trademark held by CETCO. Learn more here.;

By Chris Kelsey - On September 26, immediately following the 10th International Conference on Geosynthetics (10 ICG), a high-level, one-day workshop on HDPE geomembranes convened at the headquarters of BAM,...

By Abigail Gilson-Beck and Julio Ferreira – Designers of geomembrane-lined containment facilities commonly assume two to five leaks per hectare, with each leak of the size or diameter of...

Solmax International has worked closely with the mining industry in Chile for many years, but a deal reached last week with one firm is historic even for the company's long record of work in the region. The deal with one mining firm has secured 7,000,000 sq. m of PVC geomembrane from Solmax. Read more about it.

Mexico is considering ramping up shale gas production to support its petrochemicals sector which has traditionally used feedstocks based on crude oil, the country's energy minister said on recently. Although the prolific shales of Texas are believed to extend across the border into northern Mexico, littlehas been done to develop the deposits due to the state-controlled industry's focus on producing crude oil. Learn more here.;

The State of Brunei, on Southeast Asia's island of Borneo, is investing B$7 million (USD$5 million) in the construction of new aquaculture park, which it aims to generate more than B$40 million per year through. The indoor facility at the Eco Aquaculture Park in Tutong District will be the most advanced construction in this sector for Brunei. The vast Asian aquaculture industry has been undergoing dramatic changes with modernization of facilities, production techniques, and government monitoring of exports. Learn more here.;

The Environmental Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers has announced that GPEC 2011 (Global Plastics Environmental Conference) will be held 17-19 October 2011 at the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, GA, USA. The theme of GPEC 2011 is "Plastics Recycling and Sustainability on my Mind." Key topics include reclamation and supply; bio-based and biodegradable materials; and recycling. SPE invites abstracts through 11 May 2011. Learn more in the PDF flyer. Learn more here.;

 HS2 is a new high-speed railway under development in the United Kingdom. It will link up London, the Midlands, and the North along lines that serve eight of the...