Upon receipt of the Sardinia 2005 Tenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium Final Programme (geosynthetics-related papers are marked with ***), Ian Peggs of I-CORP INTERNATIONAL had this to say about the papers to be presented:
"It is interesting to note the emphasis on natural caps containing layers to oxidize methane emissions, another reactive barrier technology providing competition for geomembrane-based caps.
On the other hand, note an interesting development in geomembrane technology presented in special session C11 A Pd/Fe Based Reactive Geomembrane for Mitigation of TCE and PCE by Shin, Seo, Geon, and Kim from Korea. Such developments will help improve geomembrane acceptance.
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Are we getting closer to Swyka and Hullings’ bioreactor cap geomembrane that can "take a leak but not pass gas"? To the smart geomembrane that will change color to warn when stresses are too high? To the geocomposite that will send a signal when it is clogging? To the geomembrane weld that announces it’s location under 1 m of soil cover? To the geomembrane weld that announces where it is not properly bonded? The box is getting smaller, we need to think outside it to create a bigger box!"
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