It has been a while in coming but a school in India has installed a multi-purpose artificial turf ground. The field has been installed at Fr Agnel Multipurpose high school in Mumbai, a modest SSC school. The field will be able to be used for sports such as hockey and football.
With training and play often [...]
Artificial turf does not necessarily have to be permanently installed although this is the way the vast majority of locations operate. There are certain circumstances where it would be preferable to have the option of removing the synthetic turf as the situation changes. There has already been attempts to create different types of temporary synthetic [...]
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently issued a document detailing a limited-scope study into the use of recycled tires as the material for crumb rubber infill in artificial turf grass. As many may be aware there was grave concern over the health risks attributed to the use of crumb rubber infill and [...]
The artificial turf industry has an association that has dedicated itself to providing a resource of information that come from trustworthy sources for the industry. If you want to find information about what is happening in the synthetic turf world you can be sure that the Synthetic Turf Council will provide an unbiased report.
The STC [...]
The field of synthetic turf manufacturers is getting larger as the industry continues to expand. The difficulty is making a distinction between the products produced by each of these companies, deciding on one product over another. The only way to do this, really is to make a comparison between the products themselves.
Listed below is a [...]
The push to convert soccer pitches from natural grass to artificial turf in India has been taken up by FIFA in a bid to help develop the sport in that country. At its own cost FIFA plans to install artificial turf fields in five football grounds in India.
The top priority project is a ground in [...]
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