VE Geo Loc Made by Rubisco is a natural fibre geotextile range engineered from New Zealand grown hemp and strong wool, produced as a needle punched nonwoven with no synthetic inputs.
VE Geo-Loc Made by Rubisco incorporates either a 100% wool composition or a blend of hemp and wool fibres, engineered to complement each other’s strengths.
100% Wool Geotextile – 100% wool suited to soils and horticulture, with strong water absorption capacity.
Hemp & Wool Blend Geotextile – A wool and hemp blend offering higher strength and greater longevity due to lignocellulosic fibre contributions.
Vital Chemical is proud to be the exclusive Australian supplier of VE Geo-Loc Made by Rubisco, a New Zealand grown and manufactured non woven needle punched geotextile.
When to use VE Geo-Loc Made by Rubisco?
- Land stabilisation
- Slopes and embankments
- Riparian margins
- Restoration planting
- Council land development
- Forestry establishment
- Horticultural weed suppression
- Public green infrastructure
- Landscape separation layers
- Sediment control zones near waterways
- Sites subject to high wind or heavy rainfall events
- Highly erodible areas
These uses support municipal procurement, civil contracting, conservation, horticulture and landscape design where synthetic geotextiles are environmentally unsuitable or incompatible with long‑term ecological goals.
Key Benefits:
VE Geo‑Loc Made by Rubisco provides transitional stabilisation through installation and vegetation phases. Typical benefits include:
- Natural and free from microplastics, plastics and chemicals
- Biodegradable and fully compostable
- Low maintenance with reduced labour and no post‑project removal required
- Strong and durable
- Service life of 18–24 months
- Precision‑needled for consistent surface quality
- Suppresses weeds without harmful herbicides
- Contains wool with natural fire‑resistant properties
- Insulation properties provide protection against frost
- Retains moisture, reducing watering requirements and supporting vegetation growth
On Location
📍 Project Region – New Zealand
🏗️ Site Type – Civil construction
📏 Project Scale – 67,000sqm
💨 Scope of Works – Weed suppression
The Wool and Hemp Blend Geotextile was used to support the planting of 204,000 native shrubs and trees across wetlands and swales. The 100% natural, fully compostable material retains moisture, is stronger than wool‑only fabric and does not shrink, removing the need for herbicides.
Its weed control and site rehabilitation capabilities present strong potential, and as an alternative to bidim cloth, it eliminates double handling and reduces waste to landfill by biodegrading on site.
