EU adopts proposed infill restriction

3 weeks ago Guy Oldenkotte

EU countries have voted in favour of a proposal to restrict the placement onto the market of microplastics that are intentionally added to products. However, instead of the transitional period of six years for polymeric infill for third-generation synthetic turf the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) had proposed, it has been decided to grant the industry an eight-year grace period.

Could plasma help solve PFAS (crisis)?

4 weeks ago Guy Oldenkotte

Researchers at the German Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB are successfully implementing…

Milwaukee County in need of a synthetic turf installer

1 month ago Guy Oldenkotte

The Administration and Planning Department of Milwaukee County, USA, is looking for a contract to install synthetic turf putting greens and tee boxes at Zablocki Park Golf Course.

Bayern Munich acts swiftly after pitch debacle

1 month ago Guy Oldenkotte

German football club Bayern Munich has appointed Peter Sauer as their new groundsman. Sauer will start on 1 May in an attempt to save the German football giant a disastrous end to the season.

Non-filled development doesn’t satisfy FIFA yet

1 month ago Guy Oldenkotte

FIFA says that it sees potential in a non-filled system that its Innovation Programme partner has submitted for approval but points out that the system doesn’t meet all the quality requirements it is expecting such system to meet.

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