Soccer fields made from recycled tires

FOOTBALL FIELDS MADE WITH RECYCLED TIRES

From a field di five-a-side football in Casapesenna, in the province di Caserta, at the camp di basketball in Gorgonzola, in the province di Milan. I college for sports activities, first of all Calcium, built by reusing old tires, are proliferating. If it rains, it doesn't turn into a quagmire. If there's no water, you don't have to spend a lot of money watering it. It's resistant to any temperature, and you can play on it for 20 hours straight without any problems. In fact, it's indestructible. It is the new football pitch built entirely through the recycling of car tires which we often see ending up in landfills or, worse, burning in the open air. And it is made with a format of Ecopneus Consortium, which brings together the main manufacturing companies in the sector and manages to recycle something like 240 thousand tons of tyres.

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SUSTAINABLE FOOTBALL FIELD MADE FROM RECYCLED TIRES –

How does the recycling soccer field work? It can be built in about twenty days of work, so very quickly, and 100 to 120 tons of recovered tires are needed for a cost of 400-500 thousand euros, including the goals and the entire markings for the various areas of the pitch. The model works, and over 700 have now been built in Italy.The work is quick, and the cost is paid for in just a few years. Furthermore, a soccer field made with recycled tires has much lower operating costs than one made of grass or other synthetic material."explains Daniele Fornai, Development Director of the Ecopneus Consortium. He recalls how the project has reached Serie A teams, starting with Atalanta, which recently inaugurated its recycled youth soccer field.

(The images in the gallery are taken from the Ecopneus Consortium Facebook page)

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