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Do synthetic turf fields reduce landfill waste?

April 26, 2017Fields Landfill reduce synthetic Turf waste

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Do synthetic turf fields reduce landfill waste?

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Yes. For the Crocker Amazon fields alone, 55,264 tires were diverted from landfill and reused as synthetic turf infill instead. The California Integrated Waste Management Board gave the San Francisco Department of Recreation and Parks a grant for $60,000 for diverting the tires from landfill.