recycled turf - Athletic Turf

Target Technologies adds synthetic turf recycling to its services

April 24, 2014By AT Staff

Target Technologies (TTII), a material and logistics outsourcer to the synthetic turf industry, now offers used synthetic athletic turf recycling through its Synthetic Turf Recycling Program. In partnership with Hong Kong-based Kam Lee Trading Company and its Canadian arm Poly-Pacific Inc. of British Columbia, TTII’s system converts 100 percent of synthetic turf – backing and fibers – into building products such as posts, planks, lumber... read more

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Dr. Ali Harivandi honored with Turfgrass Educator Award of Excellence by TPI

April 23, 2014By Jim Novak

Dr. Ali Harivandi, environmental horticulturist emeritus, University of California Cooperative Extension, received the Turfgrass Educator Award of Excellence from Turfgrass Producers International (TPI). Linda Moyer of S.C.-based Sod Solutions and chair of the TPI public relations working group says that the board of trustees decided to honor Harivandi at the TPI 2014 International Education Conference & Field Day in Orlando,... read more

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Recycling a precious commodity: water

May 23, 2013By Jim Novak

Irrigating turfgrasses with recycled water When the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge drafted his poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and penned the line “water, water, everywhere . . . nor any drop to drink,” he certainly wasn’t thinking about watering turfgrass or landscaping, but he could have been. Dr. Ali Harivandi, environmental horticulturist, University of California Cooperative Extension,... read more

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STC issues synthetic turf recycling guidelines

May 23, 2013By Terrie Ward

At the end of 2012, about 8,000 synthetic turf fields are being used in North America by a growing number of high-school, collegiate and professional athletes playing and practicing many different sports. Consider some of the facts the average useful life span for a synthetic turf field is 8 to 10 years and within the next five years, 1000+ field... read more

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Marlins Park, ValleyCrest Landscape Development receive Environmental Improvement Award

January 9, 2013By AT Staff

Marlins Park and ValleyCrest Landscape Development have been named the recipient of an Environmental Improvement Grand Award by the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET). The award recognizes superior landscape projects that increase public awareness of environmental improvement and exemplify consistent use of quality materials and workmanship. The Grand award is the first-place level in the competition. Considered to be the most... read more

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