Early versions of synthetic grass was very similar to a carpet in that the drainage was quite poor causing various problems including the growth of mold and bacteria in the grass fibers. The lack of drainage also meant that the ground underneath the artificial surface became unsustainable with macro-organisms unable to survive. In general the [...]
Synthetic grass is not only used for outdoor purposes, although that is where the vast majority of use takes place. Indoor synthetic grass is in use for a number of sporting purposes, providing the perfect playing surface without the accompanying problems that you hear about with the outdoor applications.
Not only is it possible to use [...]
Artificial turf growth in the area of sports fields, golf putting greens and landscaping has shown steady year on year improvement. In fact the combined installation of synthetic grass materials will exceed over 140 million square meters, something like a 40% increase on the amount installed back in 2005. Sports fields alone have shown an annual increase [...]
The debate appears to continue over whether it is safe to install synthetic grass or not as a replacement for natural grass. Over the past couple of days I have come across news stories that have reported recent decisions that were made by local governments over whether or not synthetic grass was allowed to be [...]
Concerns have been raised again that the surface of synthetic grass fields and parks are too hot to be usable during the summer months.
A new study released by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and the Desert Research Institute (DRI) have found that the maximum surface temperature of artificial turf was around 69 degrees [...]
Not all types of synthetic grass are the same and it is important to understand that the synthetic grass used for sports fields are not suitable as landscape synthetic grass. Early residential grass installation was done using the revolutionary new artificial grass product that was taking the sporting world, such as the NFL, by storm. [...]
Environment and Synthetic Grass