August 6, 2020
The launch of Bidim Green takes plastic bottles from Australian recycling bins and converts this plastic waste into a high-tech geotextile to be used in building Australia’s infrastructure; roads, rail, landfills and mines. This initiative reduces waste to landfill and provides the civil engineering community with a sustainable and green option to be deployed in infrastructure projects, from large national road programmes and mining applications to local DIY and small projects. Bidim Green is manufactured at the Geofabrics’ manufacturing site in Albury, NSW and supports regional and local jobs in the community. It’s the only geotextile manufactured in Australia with recycled Australian plastics. The recycled content includes not only the polymer raw material but also the consumables central to the product, including the product wrap and the core, both of which are also manufactured from Australian recycled plastics. For Dennis Grech, CEO and Managing Director of Geofabrics, going green means customers who share the company’s commitment to softening the environmental footprint of their projects have a product that is recycled, sustainable and innovated right here in Australia. “Bidim…