Because artificial turf is a complex product made of multiple types of plastic, it will never be recycled. After its relatively short lifespan of about eight to 15 years, artificial turf ends up ...

Opinion: Plastic turf carries high cost for human health and the planet Touted as an alternative to natural grass, artificial turf contains hazardous chemicals and can increase player injuries ...

In an anti-lawns subreddit, a Reddit user posted a photo and stirred up a heated debate about artificial turf as a ...

"I'd vote for neither," said one Redditor. The original poster said that since they moved from a tropical climate several ...

No mowing, no watering? Increasingly, luxury landscape designers are relying on artificial turf, once regarded with disdain. You, too, can deploy it judiciously, but first consider these pros and cons ...

Bay Area Voice: Plastic turf carries high cost for human health and the planet Touted as an alternative to natural grass, artificial turf contains hazardous chemicals and can increase player injuries ...

As Santa Clara County supervisors consider a proposed artificial turf ban on county-owned land, parents and activists are pointing to the disposal of a local high school’s old field to highlight ...

According to Michels in an email: “Turf Reclamation Solutions (TRS) President Mark Heinlein notes that per field: greater than 40,000 pounds of plastic per field and greater than 400,000 pounds ...

Artificial turf is designed to look like a living lawn, but the grass blades are made of plastic. They're attached to a plastic backing and sometimes contain a rubber and sand infill.

Summer is here. The days are bright, and the evenings are long. And amateur athletes of all shapes and sizes have been ...

“Recycling of artificial turf is not widespread,” the report states, noting only a small handful of facilities in the U.S. claim to be able to recycle plastic fields.

Artificial turf questions surface at Falmouth plastics forum. ... As microplastics – bits of plastic that are between 5 millimeters and 1 nanometer – fragment, ...