The Tencate Sustainability Blog

At TenCate, we’re dedicated to fair, safe, and sustainable play for all. Here’s where we share our ideas about the benefits of artificial turf in communities far and wide, as well as our plans for ensuring our turf is sustainable from manufacturing through to end-of-life.

Playing for Keeps Part 2: An Interview with Joe Fields, President and CEO of TenCate Americas

October 31, 2024/in Uncategorized/by idgadvertising

Q: How does your partnership to recycle turf work and what does it mean for the industry? We can take a field — any field — at the end of its life for recycling. We remove whatever infill might be in it and then we basically grind that up and pelletize it. We ship it […]

CA Can’t Afford to Ban Play

August 6, 2024/in testing, Uncategorized/by idgadvertising

The basics: what lawmakers and the public need to know First, turf is NOT a significant exposure point to PFAS. Second, turf is a solution for water scarcity – a major problem in California specifically. In a region facing drought and water restrictions, artificial turf saves between 500,000 to one million gallons of water per […]

Allergies in Sports: Artificial Turf Offers Clean, Pollen-Free Playing Surfaces

July 15, 2024/in Uncategorized/by Jacob Fields

Outdoor Allergies and Sports Allergies are caused by the release of histamines when the body encounters allergens such as pollen from trees, weeds, and grass. Because athletes often play sports outside on large grass fields, they are exposed to allergens for long periods of time, often during exertion which can lead to heavier breathing and […]