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Such “geotextile” coverings can reduce ice melt “by about 50 to 60, 70 percent,” says glaciologist Matthias Huss of the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, head of the glacier monitoring network Glamos and lead author of a recent study on geotextile use.

Properly installed pavers should include aggregate, geotextile barriers and sharp bedding sand.

A proper foundation — including a geotextile barrier — would have prevented the issue.

And line it with geotextile fabric or landscape fabric if you’re growing crops requiring acidic soil, which will corrode the metal.

Black polyethylene film or geotextile weed barriers are the longest-lasting mulch, but they create more plastic waste.