Recycling challenges for artificial turf

Artificial turf is a ground covering material that is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use and is both decorative and simple to lay. As a product of the current social development, artificial turf incorporates a variety of modern techniques and guarantees durability. The appearance of artificial turf is similar to natural turf and even has better aesthetic features. Depending on the environment and the occasion, you can choose the corresponding artificial turf products. This is why artificial turf is so popular with consumers, whether it is for community garden planning or sports field construction. The long service life and natural color are the outstanding advantages of artificial turf.

Here is the content list:

• Raw material

• Environmental impact

• Recycling methods

Raw material

The artificial grass is easy to use and easy to operate, and the overall comfort of the ground is excellent, combined with the drainage system can be used even on rainy days. The raw materials for artificial turf are mostly polyethylene and polypropylene. Polyethylene and polypropylene make artificial turf not only comfortable but also look similar to natural grass, and the unique molecular structure makes these artificial fibers more competitive than natural grass in terms of sports performance.

From the raw material point of view, polyethylene grass yarn feels softer, appearance and sports performance are closer to natural grass, which is widely accepted by users and is the most widely used artificial turf fiber raw material in the market today. Polyethylene grass fiber is harder and generally suitable for tennis courts, playgrounds, runways, or decorative purposes.

Environmental impact

With the progress of society, industrial products of various colors enter people's lives. Artificial turf is a simulated lawn made of plastic chemical fiber products using artificial methods, and its service life is usually about 8 years. After artificial turf reaches its service life, people need to face the problem of what to do with the waste. With the increasing use of artificial grass, the question of how the waste generated will affect the environment is one that people cannot avoid. Therefore, managing the life cycle of artificial turf products has to take into account their environmental impact.

Recycling methods

Artificial turf should form a full life cycle from initial planning and design to subsequent construction, operation and management, and eventual removal. Reducing the consumption of natural resources and energy throughout the cycle reduces the negative impact on the environment, creates green paving materials, and is recyclable, reusable, and recyclable. Due to the increasing impact of human activities on the human living environment, it becomes an important direction for research and development of artificial turf products that are beneficial to human living environment improvement and protection.

Currently, there are 100% environmentally friendly backed lawns on the market, which support full recyclability; sand-free artificial turf can reduce the use of rubber particles, which are not easily separated for recycling throughout the artificial turf sports field, and most of the time can only be disposed of by landfill or incineration together with the artificial turf; cooling lawn relies on special raw materials, which can significantly reduce infrared absorption, and block the infill particles in the field It can effectively reduce the surface temperature of artificial turf system by absorbing heat.