ESCN Update Land and Water 's Erosion and Sediment Control Network (ESCN.tv ) is available. This week's stories include Tencate 's geosynthetic work for the new I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, the geosynthetics industry and waste management, Clean Water Act violations, and more.
Watch the short broadcast online .
Holiday Closure Dates from BTL
Read general manager Ron MacKenzie's letter here.
EPA Issues $1.75 Million Tribal Grant has announced that Northern Arizona University's Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals received a $1.75 million grant to support a steering committee of tribal co-regulators to work with EPA on solid and hazardous waste cleanup issues. EPA is also releasing a tribal strategy to advance the protection and restoration of land in Indian country. The new strategy provides a detailed plan of how EPA will strengthen its partnership with tribes to advance the shared goal of protecting public health and land resources in Indian country.
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REMINDER: Sardinia 2009 Abstracts Sardinia 2009 --the 12th International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium--would like to remind geosynthetica's readers that the deadline for receipt of abstracts is 30 January 2009 . This installment of the Sardinia Symposium will focus on innovative aspects of "Sustainable Waste Management," presenting new technologies, describing the state of the art and related case studies, discussing controversial subjects, sharing experiences among different countries, and evaluating social and economical balances.
The event will take place 5-9 October 2009 in Sardinia, Italy.
AMI Releases Polyolefin Additives 2009 Brochure Polyolefin 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.
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Book Watch: Tank Linings for Chemical Process Industries Tank Linings for Chemical Process Industries by V.C. Chandrasekaran. Rubber linings can be used as passive protection against the corrosion of plant and equipment in the chemical process industries. Rubbers act as sacrificial materials reacting or un-reacting with the corrosive media. Rubbers age but their life cycle is good enough to protect the metals against corrosion and erosion. This book describes exactly how to use rubber as a lining in tanks and how to overcome problems associated with this technique.
Read more about the book .
ASTM Update
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Press Review, 2 December 2008
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GeoAfrica Generates Tremendous Interest GeoAfrica 2009 have announced a new schedule for abstract review and comment, due to the receipt of more than twice the number of abstracts they'd expected. The expert review teams have been overwhelmed (but quite pleased). Notification and modification requests will now be sent out by 30 December 2008. Final acceptance/rejection of abstracts will come by 30 January 2009. Full papers will be due by 28 February 2009.
The event will take place as planned 2-5 September 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa.
The Power of One BTL moved into a cavernous new facility--one that can finally meet the company's increasing project portfolio. This is the second facility expansion move for BTL in only a few years. One project that underscores the advantages of the new headquarters is the 105,000-sq.-ft., single panel of 20-mil geomembrane that the company fabricated for a pond liner installation in Wisconsin.
Read the case study here .
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Recently Added
Surface Water Management Manual Workshop - Tacoma, Washington, USA - 11 December 2008Surface Water Management Manual Workshop - Tacoma, Washington, USA - 12 January 2009GPEC 2009 - Orlando, Florida, USA - 25-27 February 2009Streambank Stabilization for Restoration and Flood Control Projects - Jersey City, New Jersey, USA - 4-9 March 20098th National Symposium on Erosion Control - São Paulo - SP, Brazil - 29 March-2 April 2009Waste to Resources - Third International Summit (MBT 2009) - Hanover, Germany - 12-14 May 2009
Upcoming Events
Polymer Enhancement of Erosion & Turbidity Control on Construction Sites - Raleigh, North Carolina, USA - 4 December 2008Transportation Research Board (TRB) 88th Annual Meeting - Washington, DC, USA, 11-15 January 2009 The Road Summit - London, United Kingdom - 20-21 January 2009 EC 09 - Reno, Nevada, United States - 9-12 February 2009Geosynthetics 2009 - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - 25-27 February 2009
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IN OTHER NEWS ...
The latest resin index updates .
The Plastics Environmental Division of the Society for Plastics Engineers (SPE) will host the next Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC 2009 ) in Orlando, Florida, 25-27 February 2009
Waste to Resources, Third International Symposium (MBT & MRF 2009 ) will be held 12-14 May 2009 in Hanover, Germany. Abstracts are due 4 December 2008.
Fox River PCB cleanup costs are now estimated at $600 million is needed .
CETCO has announced the relocation of its Arlington Heights offices to the new AMCOL International corporate campus in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.Steep slope erosion control--at vineyards
Firestone has revamped its website , with its clean look and organization.
Read a release from TenCate on the role geosynthetics are playing regarding the role of geosynthetics in the rebuilt I-35 bridge in Minneapolis.
Get involved! geosynthetica is conducting a mining industry survey. Learn more from Elizabeth Peggs.
What We're Reading
Geosynthetics International 15.6 Available
Read through the abstracts of the papers presented in this issue.