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The carbon footprint of geosynthetic solutions

August 1, 2013 | Geosynthetics, Projects

TenCate Geosynthetics, Pendergrass, Ga., developed the durable Geotube® system for large-scale water management projects, such as sludge dewatering and breakwater stabilization. Dewatering contaminated sludge or sediment pumped into a Geotube is simple and conservative; the high-strength, permea…

TenCate Geotube transforms a wasteland

July 1, 2013 | Geosynthetics, Projects, Sustainability

[TenCate Geosynthetics] Pendergrass, Calif., U.S.A. TenCate Geotube® dewatering technology contributed to the transformation of what was once a “wasteland” into an ecologically friendly wetland and recreational lake for the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City development. The new Qingjin…

A new kind of landfill cover system

July 1, 2013 | Geosynthetics, Projects

[Afitex-Texel] Champhol, France In landfill final cover systems, geocomposite drainage products are frequently used as a drainage layer above the geomembrane layer and for surficial landfill gas collection below the geomembrane. For the first time in the southeastern United States, a final cover sys…

Flint Industries turbidity barrier breakthrough

July 1, 2013 | Geosynthetics, Projects, Sustainability

[Flint Industries] Metter, Ga., U.S.A. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers used 5,500 linear feet of TITANBoom® turbidity barrier for a major restoration of Ship Island near Gulfport, Miss. The barrier not only endured through the 12-month project, it withstood the impact of a Category I hurricane …

Infrastructure development driving geotextile boom

June 6, 2013 | Geosynthetics, Industry News

As economies in China, India and Russia grow, so does the need for better highways, railways and landfills, all of which increase growth in the geosynthetics textile market, according to Textiles Intelligence’s “Technical Textile Markets” report. China dominates the market because …

TenCate Geosynthetics completes Mirafi RSi series

May 24, 2013 | Geosynthetics

TenCate Geosynthetics Americas announced its third patent pending geosynthetic for road and railway reinforcement—TenCate Mirafi® RS280i. In 2010, TenCate Geosynthetics Americas introduced TenCate Mirafi RS580i, a highly engineered, high strength geosynthetic product for base reinforcement…

Dutch researchers design highways that heal themselves

May 1, 2013 | Advanced Textiles, Geosynthetics, Industry News, Projects, Technical

Researchers at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in The Netherlands are paving the way to longer-lived roads with a special type of asphalt containing long steel fibers. Zoab, a highly porous asphalt concrete used commonly in The Netherlands, is used because water can drain through openi…

Fleas and fish eggs: testing textile breakdown

May 1, 2013 | Advanced Textiles, Geosynthetics, Industry News, Sustainability

Textile products at the end of their useful lives often end up buried in landfills, where water combines with eager microorganisms to break down organic molecules in natural fibers and polymers. This natural decomposition process generates carbon dioxide as a waste and also releases organic molecule…

Thrace Linq geotextiles certified by AASHTO

March 1, 2013 | Geosynthetics, Industry News

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), in conjunction with the National Transportation Product Evaluation Program, developed an audit program in March 2012 for geotextiles to ensure uniform standards for geotextiles used in transportation projects. Thrace Li…

Opportunities and challenges for geosynthetics

February 1, 2013 | Geosynthetics, Markets

Geosynthetics are an important part of the growing oil and gas industry. By Glen Knopp Oil and natural gas production (O & G) is a fast-growing segment of both the U.S. economy and the geosynthetic materials markets. Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing of shale deposits have opened up l…

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