Collaborative Project on the Long-Term Performance of Barrier Systems

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Queen's landfill liner test site	12 of the 50 Geosynthetic landfill liner simulators (GLLSs)

The Geoengineering Centre at Queen’s - RMC is undertaking a major collaborative project examining a range of issues related to the long-term performance of geomembranes (GMs) and geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) used in composite liner systems for municipal solid waste landfills. An integrated project team with direct funding from Federal and Provincial agencies and industry and in-kind contributions and collaborations from regulatory and industrial partners is investigating these issues through a combination of field, laboratory and theoretical modelling.  Papers arising from this work can be accessed directly from this web page as they are published.  Papers in press are also listed but can not be downloaded directly until published.  A report prepared at the end of the first year is also available for download.