But where is all this plastic going? The Board of Education has not discussed this or made a plan for how to dispose of an entire football field of plastic.
If you see the driver of this 18 wheeler, ask them where they are headed.
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
There it goes! But where is it going? Dump? Incinerator? Another High School?
But where is all this plastic going? The Board of Education has not discussed this or made a plan for how to dispose of an entire football field of plastic.
If you see the driver of this 18 wheeler, ask them where they are headed.
While I don't know the chain of command for this specific turf, I do know that Fieldturf offers a shockpad system called "Versatile", which claims to use recycled turf in its construction. However, I don't know what percentage of this shockpad is made of recycled turf, or other recycled materials, nor do I know what percentage of used artificial turf is recycled.
ReplyDeleteClaims. Yes. Let's talk about FieldTurf claims. Oh so many promises like that the crumb rubber would not leave the field and get into our streams and creeks. Stay tuned for pictures of crumb rubber that is headed right for our water supply.
DeleteLet's hope they don't incinerate it.
ReplyDeleteYou can bet they are going to. Stand by for a picture showing plastic grass in a dumpster.
DeleteIt's would be incredibly expensive to take a sheet of thermoset plastic, the nylon carpet backing of the synthetic turf rug, remove all of the polypropylene or other plastic grass blades inserted through it and other contaminants, and then somehow incorporate the carpet backing into a shock pad. The carpet backing contains very little cushioning. It's designed to hold the plastic rug together, not to be soft and bouncy.
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