Gnat Nix is a gravel-like product made out of recycled glass bottles from a New Mexico landfill that you scatter a half-inch deep over the soil surface. New Mexico-based Growstone, the manufacturer, says it stops bug hatch and egg-laying, ending gnat infestations without chemicals.

The fisheries segment is poised for substantial growth, as large-scale investments are allocated towards harbour and port infrastructure. As part of the eighth five-year plan (2011-15), $259.7mn (OR100mn) has been set aside for fisheries development, and the government has approved investment of $1.3bn into fisheries between 2013 and 2020. Earlier this year, Hamed Said Al Oufi, the undersecretary for fisheries at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MoAF), said that by 2020 Oman would have a total of 2,022 fishing ports.

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During the research phase of the project, Tegg’s husband and collaborator David Fox took photographs documenting the plants around the city, which are compiled in a large-format book presented in another room adjacent to the installation.

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A comprehensive remediation of the site began in 2015 and was substantially completed within two seasons.  Anchor QEA provided design and oversight of the marine activities, and GZA designed and oversaw the upland response actions and provided Licensed Site Professional (LSP) and construction management services.  Construction contracting, including dredging, seawall demolition and reconstruction, and upland remediation, was performed by Charter Contracting Company, LLC of Boston.  Charter established a field office in the National Grid-owned building on Harbor Loop adjacent to the harbor, and Anchor QEA and GZA worked from offices in the same building.

Olson said that the area around Arch Street Southeast was deemed the most severely damaged and preparation of the site is expected to be finished before July 4. Once work is finished with Arch Street, city officials plan to handle pockmark distress on Second Avenue Southwest and Dale Street Southwest.

But when Fossitt demanded a “firm date” on when Parmalat plans to build its own proper road over to Liscumb — ridding Gladstone and the village of truck traffic —  the answer was “soon” without a timeline.

Geotextile Market in the emerging economies of Asia Pacific will experience profitable growth, with a slew of construction projects. China is set to record a massive demand for geotextiles, as the country countersigns heavy infrastructure investment, mainly in transportation and water management. The utilization of geotextiles in road construction applications is also advancing at rapid pace and is projected to raise USD 4.5 billion by 2024. Meanwhile, Europe is another prominent region where geotextile market demand is quite high and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9% over 2017-2024.

IT’S DISCONCERTING that the Baswar plant is not the only case of pollution norms violation. Most of the sewage treatment plants (STPs) in Prayagraj are overflowing and sending untreated sewage into the Ganga, making it unfit for taking bath. The NGT order states the supervisory committee inspected the STP at Rajapur on January 11, 2019 and found that the plant was getting much more sewage than its capacity to treat waste. “On reaching the Salori STP, the committee noticed that the 29 MLD plant was not working satisfactorily,” the order states. A fact-check from the Ganga Pollution Control Unit (GPCU), Prayagraj, reveals that all the STPs except the one in Naini were overflowing during Kumbh.

Still, he knows that people need a story if they’re to get behind his idea. “Don’t get me wrong,” he told me, over tea in a downtown café with Joost Dubois, the fifty-seven-year-old head of communications for the Ocean Cleanup. “The trigger, the passion that made me want to do it, was its bigger significance, which you get from things like the experience I had scuba diving.” On Slat’s scuba-diving trip to Greece, when he was sixteen—as he has said in countless talks and presentations—he saw more plastic bags than fish. At the mention of the well-worn anecdote, he shot Dubois a conspiratorial glance, and they laughed.

“Our major challenge is the road. We are just managing to survive. We have abandoned projects by the IRDC and they just abandoned them there,” said Eugene Fregene, the national assistant public relations officer of Bateren.