by Joe Moore
Silt fence was never a good solution. The construction industry just did not have a better one for a long time.
It requires trenching. It requires equipment. It fails at the connections where two sections meet, and it fails on slopes where the runoff volume exceeds what a buried fabric edge can hold. And when the project is done, somebody pulls it out, rolls it up and sends it to a landfill. That is where a plastic product that was installed to protect the environment ends up. In the ground or in a truck headed to the same place.
We built Siltworm because we were homebuilders who got tired of the same failure on the same sites. Recycled construction wood fiber inside a filter sock. No trenching. No equipment. Installs faster than silt fence, performs better than silt fence and at the end of the project goes directly into final grade. No landfill. No waste stream. The product completes its lifecycle in the ground where it was always meant to end up.
Independent testing per ASTM 7351 puts Siltworm's sediment capture rate at 97% or better. That is not a claim. That is a standardized test result, that is an industry leader.
The SUSTAINABLE alternative to silt fence is not a marketing idea. It is what happens when the people who have constructed and built. We were also the people who got tired of constant failure with an industry norm, that wasn't environmentally friendly. That's what we have consistently worked to replace.
The Sustainable Alternative to Silt Fence.
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