<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr">Hi folks</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr">Synthetic fibers such as nylon improve the quality of cement by reducing surface cracking and providing a better bond of the materials. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/9/3/131/pdf" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_9739" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/9/3/131/pdf</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr">The US Army Corp is seriously looking into it's use. Here is a report I found online that curiously was never to be made public but ended up being posted anyways.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr"><a href="http://dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a262597.pdf" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_9738">http://dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a262597.pdf</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr">City of Edmonton did an 8 year study on the material and found it carries a heavier load. There are multiple benefits as noted in the conclusion of this report. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr"><a href="http://conf.tac-atc.ca/english/annualconference/tac2011/docs/sm2/donovan.pdf" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_11154">http://conf.tac-atc.ca/english/annualconference/tac2011/docs/sm2/donovan.pdf</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr">We have the gravel pits. We have the universities and we have major textile industries locally and in Toronto. It seems a great location to innovate these workable solutions. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr">This power point on the use of reclaimed materials by the MTO focused on tires and shingles and their use in aggregate products but they haven't included reclaimed textiles in the mix but in theory I think textiles could be used to better improve the binding of all kinds of products including shingles, It basically gives a good primer on the current recycling practices used by the MTO and provides a handy contact name at the end. I don't know if the fella is still there but the department surely is. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.aggregaterecyclingontario.ca/files/Presentations/Senior-Effective%20Use%20RecycSenior%20MTO%20-%20AggregatesPeelRegionOct2012.pdf" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_18461">http://www.aggregaterecyclingontario.ca/files/Presentations/Senior-Effective%20Use%20RecycSenior%20MTO%20-%20AggregatesPeelRegionOct2012.pdf</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr">Hope this helps! </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr">Thanks!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492183304955_4699" dir="ltr">Lulu </div></div></body></html>