Brockfill withstands wet onslaught
The excessive rainfall of the first six months of 2023 has helped Brockfill to showcase its unique ability to remain…
EU adopts proposed infill restriction
EU countries have voted in favour of a proposal to restrict the placement onto the market of microplastics that are…
Spanish test institute validates infill containment measures
The Institute of Biomechanics of Valencia (IBV) has confirmed that the use of risk management measures will guarantee that the…
US dam operator fined for infill pollution
Electron Hydro LLC and its CEO have been fined USD 1 million for polluting the Puyallup River in 2020 with…
Introduce “functional period” criterion for biodegradable polymeric infill
A Member of the European Parliament has requested a “functional period” criterion to be introduced for assessing the degradability of…
AI fails to see logic in infill-ban
An Artificial Intelligence machine has questioned the logic behind the proposed ban on polymeric infill. The machine was asked five…
EC postpones decision on polymeric infill
The European Commission will decide only in March or April next year at the earliest whether it will adopt the…
half of Norwegian fields still not compliant
More than five years since European authorities used data from infill dispersion on Norwegian synthetic turf fields to clamp down…
Dutch court rules in favor of SBR
Providing a third-generation synthetic turf field is fitted with risk management measures to prevent the spread of polymeric infill outside…
EC about to throw the baby out with the bathwater
Sportsfields.info has reliably learnt that infills made of 100% biodegradable polymers are awaiting the same fate as traditional polymeric infills,…