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A Revolutionary High-Performance Organic Binder for Water Permeable, Environmentally-Friendly, Decomposed Granite and other Aggregate Surfaces
Organic-Lock™ is the product of extensive scientific research. The result: an environmentally-friendly binder that resists erosion while simultaneously remaining water permeable and maintaining strength and stability.
ORGANIC-LOCK™ BENEFITS
Environmentally-Friendly
Our environmentally friendly Organic-Lock™ binder is the strongest organic binder on the market today. Organic-Lock™is made from 100% naturally occurring materials.
WATER PERMEABLE
On contact with water, Organic-Lock™ creates a gel that binds the aggregate particles together and allows excess water to pass directly through to the groundwater table.
WHEELCHAIR ACCESIBLE
When installed to specifications, Organic-Lock™ blended aggregates qualify them as wheelchair accessible and Organic-Lock™ meets the maneuverability performance requirements of ASTM F 1951-09b.
Resists Erosion
Organic-Lock™ stabilized surfaces offer significantly improved resistance to erosion over unstabilized surfaces. When activated by water, Organic-Lock™ forms an adhesive gel which bonds aggregate particles together while still allowing water to permeate through to the ground below. Organic-Lock™ is particularly effective on sloped surfaces where pathways and other surfaces are most prone to washouts and rutting due to fast moving water.
Self-Healing
Unlike alternative products that use a chemical reaction to stabilize surfaces and are prone to cracking, Organic-Lock™ blended aggregate surfaces remain completely flexible and able to withstand thermal movement or settlement of the sub base materials. In conditions where cracking does occur, rain water reactivates the Organic-Lock™ allowing the surface to self- heal and naturally fill any cracks making it a very low maintenance pathway stabilizer option.
Simple Maintenance
Maintenance is easy. The material can be re-worked by adding water first (which reactivates the Organic-Lock™ gel allowing for physical manipulation), followed by scarification and re-compaction.
Natural Aesthetic
The large aggregate particles will chip off on the surface to create a loose, natural-looking, surface texture. Organic-Lock™ offers that sought-after calming, natural aesthetic of aggregate surfaces, while still maintaining the stability associated with non-aggregate surfaces.
Reduces Dust
Organic-Lock™ swells into a gel when it comes in contact with water. When it dries, this gel grips onto the particles of stone and dust and locks them in place which helps prevent dust from blowing away in the wind or being kicked up by traffic.
Sustainability / LEED® Compliance
Organic-Lock™ pathways can qualify for credits towards LEED® certification.
ORGANIC-LOCK™ USES
Foot Traffic Pathways
Nothing quite matches the sound and feel of a crushed stone pathway underfoot. Organic-Lock™ blended aggregate is increasingly being used in foot traffic pathway projects around the world, including Shanghai Disney Resort, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and Maggie Daly Park to name a few.
Vehicular Pathways
Unlike asphalt and concrete surfaces that are prone to cracking, and impermeable to water, Organic-Lock™ blended aggregate vehicular surfaces provide strong, stable surfaces that flex with weather changes, self-heal, deter weeds and are water permeable. Ideal for vehicular traffic and fire lanes.
Golf Cart Pathways
An ideal solution for natural, stable, water permeable golf cart pathways, Organic-Lock™ blended aggregates retain the quiet aesthetic of crushed stone pathways.
Paving Stones / Flagstones
Organic-Lock™ is the primary component in EnviroSAND and EnviroSTONE, the leading environmentally-friendly alternatives to polymeric jointing material for paving stones and flagstones on the market today. Available to the DIY market at Home Depot locations across Canada and the pro market through a network of dealers across Canada and the US, EnviroSAND and EnviroSTONE resist erosion, deter weed growth, allow water to permeate and, best of all, avoid the dreaded polyhaze problem of polymeric sands.
FEATURED IN THE PRESS
Organic-Lock™ was featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine!
Click here to read the in-depth case study on an Organic-Lock™ blended pathway system installed at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.
“We now specify Envirobond Organic-Lock™ as the stabilizer for all our DG installations.”
Neil Budzinski and Matthew Girard are senior associates at Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.
CASE STUDY
Check out the case study for the recently completed Organic-Lock™ project at Perkins Woods in Cook County, IL by Kafka Granite.
Some of the many partners we have worked with over the last few years
