8/6/18 Update: See all the environmental pollution generated by the removal of the artificial turf at RMHS at this link.
Yesterday, we showed you the dumpster full of plastic artificial grass, ground up rubber tires, hay and plastic bottles at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Maryland.
That dumpster showed that despite years of promises, the Montgomery County Board of Education and Montgomery County County Council were not going to recycle the artificial turf football field at Richard Montgomery High School.
Instead, at least 8 tons of the field are being sent to the Montgomery County incinerator in dumpsters.
But what happens when those dumpsters arrive at the Dickerson incinerator? As we know from the September 26, 2011, Montgomery County Council hearing on artificial turf (the one where Councilmember Roger Berliner cut the video feed), artificial turf plastic grass is a "nonprocessable waste" (Page 86 of Power Point) and if delivered to the Dickerson incinerator will be sent to our out-of-state landfill in Brunswick, Virginia.
Not only is the RMHS artificial turf field not being recycled, at least 8 tons of it will permanently reside in the landfill in Brunswick, Virginia for centuries. Artificial turf football fields are used for 10 years and take 1,000 years to decompose (or will never decompose) in a landfill.
You can take your grandchildren to visit the Brunswick, Virginia landfill and rehash the football, lacrosse, and soccer games that were played on the field during it's very short life at RMHS. And while you are there you can also visit with the artificial turf fields from Blair HS, Wootton HS, Walter Johnson HS, Paint Branch HS, Gaithersburg HS, Whitman HS, BCC High School, Somerset ES and all the others to come. They will all be there soon.
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| https://www.scribd.com/document/66591209/T-E-9-26-11-AT-slides |
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Click here for more on the story of the removal of the Richard Montgomery High School artificial turf field.
But...but...but... Zuckerman said it was going to be recycled! He either lied to the BOE or he simply doesn't know what he's talking about. I'm going to go with both!
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