Artificial turf recycling in Greece

Each statement: claim → public source → date → evidence label → limitation. Figures are shown separately and never added together.

• PROJECT-SPECIFIC REPLACEMENT AREA · official_source_verified

  A public procurement document specifies removal of 4,824 m² of old synthetic turf and installation of 4,824 m² of new synthetic turf. Project-specific area — not a Greek average field size.

  Sources: [1] akep.gr

• CURRENT GREEK PUBLIC-AUTHORITY CHEMICAL / INFILL CONTEXT · official_source_verified

  AADE (Independent Authority for Public Revenue) describes rubber / plastic granules used as artificial-turf infill and associated chemical and microplastic concerns. Greek projects continue through 2025–2026 during the EU transition period; infill type is project-specific evidence only — no claim that all new projects use SBR or that all have moved away from polymeric infill.

  Sources: [1] aade.gr

• CURRENT ARTIFICIAL-TURF INVESTMENT PROJECT · official_source_verified

  Anthousa / Pallini (Ministry of Education TPA 2026–2030 sports sub-programme): synthetic-turf installation and sports equipment at the community stadium, public expenditure EUR 763,000. No EOL or recycling inferred — removal is not separately proven.

  Sources: [1] pde.minedu.gov.gr

• CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · unknown

  Current verified national turf-recycling capacity: UNKNOWN. Throughput: UNKNOWN. Tyre-recycling capacity (e.g. Herco 21,000 t/y) is not turf capacity; project values and removal quantities are not recycling capacity or throughput.

• CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · unknown

  National treatment split (reuse, material recycling, energy recovery, landfill / disposal, export): UNKNOWN — no chart. National destinations of turf carpet, sand, SBR / EPDM / TPE and other infill: UNKNOWN. Current measured EOL exports and destination countries: UNKNOWN; Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium or Bulgaria are not assumed. Cross-border route status: UNKNOWN / RESEARCH REQUIRED — Greece is a priority country for the separate CTE cross-border-route study after Country 29.

• END-OF-LIFE TYRE RECYCLER / UPSTREAM RECYCLED-RUBBER SUPPLY · company_reported

  ELBAN S.A. (active, Aspropyrgos, Attica) processes passenger-car and truck tyres, separating rubber, steel and synthetic fibres into SBR rubber granulate (company-reported purity >99.9% — tyre product quality, not used-infill purity), with sports applications including 5×5 artificial turf. Tyres → SBR → artificial turf ≠ artificial turf → recycling; not a turf recycler, no turf pin.

  Sources: [1] elban.gr [2] elban.gr

• CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · unknown

  Current measured national EOL tonnage: UNKNOWN. Current complete national annual replacement count: UNKNOWN. Current national treatment split: UNKNOWN. No Greece tonnes/year model in v1.0 — local project counts are not multiplied by an assumed field mass and no stock estimate is divided by an assumed lifetime; removal quantities are not converted to national throughput.

• CURRENT FOOTBALL TECHNICAL / LICENSING CONTEXT · official_source_verified

  The UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations 2025 (circulated by the Hellenic Football Federation / EPO) recognise natural grass, reinforced natural / hybrid grass and artificial football turf as playing surfaces; artificial turf must comply with applicable FIFA / UEFA standards. Technical / licensing context — not a pitch inventory or environmental certification.

  Sources: [1] epo.gr

• PROJECT-SPECIFIC EOL TURF REMOVAL / REPLACEMENT — CONTROLLED DESTINATION, NOT VERIFIED RECYCLING · official_source_verified

  Ermoupoli Municipal Stadium, Syros (Region of South Aegean tender 25PROC016977486): artificial-turf area approximately 7,300 m²; works include removal of old synthetic turf, collection / removal of dismantled material, sub-base preparation and new synthetic turf. Removed materials are managed according to the authority's instructions on the location of deposition / placement — final processing route UNKNOWN. Proves physical EOL generation at ≈7,300 m² project scale; not tonnes, recycling rate, national route, domestic recycler or landfill share.

  Sources: [1] pnai.gov.gr

• CURRENT EU / GREEK REGULATORY CONTEXT · official_source_verified

  From 17 October 2031, granular polymeric infill for synthetic sports surfaces may no longer be placed on the EU market (ECHA; applicable in Greece as an EU Member State). This is not a ban on artificial turf, existing Greek pitches do not have to close and existing rubber infill does not have to be removed.

  Sources: [1] echa.europa.eu

• CURRENT PROJECT-SPECIFIC ARTIFICIAL-TURF REPLACEMENT · official_source_verified

  Galatini 5x5 football field (national procurement 26PROC019105254): supply and installation of synthetic turf, replacement area 1,200 m², estimated value EUR 29,700 excl. VAT. 1,200 m² ≠ national average field size.

  Sources: [1] cerpp.eprocurement.gov.gr

• COMPANY-REPORTED TYRE-RECYCLING CAPACITY / UPSTREAM TURF MATERIAL SUPPLY · company_reported

  Tyres Herco S.A. (active tyre-recycling plant, Industrial Area of Patras) reports nominal tyre-processing capacity of 21,000 t/year (≈2.5 million tyres/year); its rubber granulate has been tested / marketed as synthetic-turf infill. Tyre capacity contributes ZERO to Greek turf-recycling capacity; upstream supply, not used-infill recycling; no turf pin.

  Sources: [1] herco.gr

• RECENT PROJECT-SPECIFIC ARTIFICIAL-TURF REPLACEMENT · official_source_verified

  Kallithea Municipal Sports and Recreation Park (tender, December 2025): removal and removal from site of old synthetic turf and installation of new synthetic turf. Final material destination: UNKNOWN.

  Sources: [1] kallithea.gr

• CURRENT MARKET / INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT · official_source_verified

  Municipality of Kos (2026, Kardamaina): procurement 50/2026 for supply of synthetic turf and football-field equipment. No old synthetic turf assumed — replacement is not stated.

  Sources: [1] kos.gov.gr

• CURRENT ARTIFICIAL-TURF RENOVATION / INSTALLATION PROJECT · official_source_verified

  Region of Central Greece (6 July 2026): repair of the football field at Kymi High School / Gymnasium with 7,200 m² of synthetic turf, contract value EUR 343,104.18, including drainage and cooling / irrigation. Not classified as EOL replacement — removal of old synthetic turf is not proven.

  Sources: [1] pste.gov.gr

• CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · unknown

  NO CURRENT FIXED GREEK END-OF-LIFE SYNTHETIC-TURF MATERIAL-RECYCLING FACILITY VERIFIED TO CTE PUBLIC-EVIDENCE STANDARD. Fixed turf-recycler pins: 0. Not pinned as turf recyclers: ELBAN, Tyres Herco, Panda Garden, municipal fields, project sites, EPO. 0 pins means no dedicated Greek turf recycler has been publicly verified to CTE standard — not that no Greek turf is recycled, exported, accepted by generic processors or reused; those routes remain UNKNOWN.

• CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · unknown

  Landscape artificial-turf stock, EOL and recycling: UNKNOWN (Panda Garden / Royal Grass = product / external take-back context). Greece has extensive 5×5, 8×8, school and municipal artificial-turf infrastructure, but small-sided fields are not converted into 11×11 equivalents or standard tonnage. Hybrid-turf stock: UNKNOWN; hybrid systems are not merged with fully artificial turf.

• CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · unknown

  CTE has not identified a currently active Greek fixed full-field synthetic-turf recycling facility that meets the CTE public-evidence standard. Verified counts: fixed full-field 0; fixed turf-derived part-stream (carpet, fibres / backing, sand, infill) 0; fixed used-infill processors 0; mobile EOL pre-processors 0 — no operator verified, not that none exist. Generic plastics, rubber or construction-waste recyclers do not qualify without turf-specific input evidence.

• CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · unknown

  Active replacement market (project level only): Thira 4 × 5x5, Sparta 8x8, Galatini 1,200 m², Ermoupoli ≈7,300 m² removal, Kallithea removal / new turf, 4,824 m² case. No national annual replacement count is calculated; project areas are not converted to an average field size. Removal (αποξήλωση), collection (αποκομιδή) and deposition (απόθεση) do not mean material recycling.

• PRODUCT / DESIGN-FOR-RECYCLING / EXTERNAL TAKE-BACK CONTEXT · company_reported

  Panda Garden / Royal Grass Greece describes Royal Grass recyclability and Take Back / collection programmes, with collection points created in the Netherlands and Belgium from 2018, and REBel PP backing designed to simplify future recycling through compatible polymer families. Product / external context — not Greek domestic recycling infrastructure; it does not prove Greek used turf is shipped to the Netherlands or Belgium (Greece → Benelux route: NOT VERIFIED).

  Sources: [1] en.pandagarden.gr

• CURRENT NEW / CONVERSION PROJECT · official_source_verified

  Sifnos (Region of South Aegean, 2026): conversion of a natural-grass football surface to synthetic turf, project value EUR 403,225.81 excl. VAT. New / conversion project — not an EOL synthetic-turf replacement.

  Sources: [1] pnai.gov.gr

• CURRENT PUBLIC ARTIFICIAL-TURF REPLACEMENT PROJECT · official_source_verified

  Region of Peloponnese (13 May 2026): replacement of synthetic turf at an 8×8 football pitch next to the Sparta football-association facility; budget EUR 40,322.58 excl. VAT / EUR 50,000 incl. VAT. Project value ≠ recycling cost.

  Sources: [1] ppel.gov.gr

• CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · unknown

  Current verified national artificial-turf pitch count: UNKNOWN. Current verified national artificial-turf area: UNKNOWN. CTE has not identified a complete current Greek national census covering football, small-sided, school, municipal and other synthetic-turf surfaces; no total is built from EPO competition venues, municipal tenders, regional projects, school fields, 5x5 facilities or private facilities.

• CURRENT MULTI-SITE ARTIFICIAL-TURF REPLACEMENT PROJECT — FINAL DESTINATION UNKNOWN · official_source_verified

  Municipality of Thira / Santorini (26 June 2026): upgrade of municipal 5x5 football fields at Akrotiri, Vothonas, Emporeio / Agios Georgios and Thirasia — removal of existing worn synthetic turf, surface preparation and new synthetic turf; budget EUR 326,005.92. Old turf is removed; recycling, reuse, landfill, export and recovery rate are not established — final destination UNKNOWN; not recycling.

  Sources: [1] thira.gov.gr

• CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · unknown

  Greek national waste-management legislation (current Waste Framework implementation) applies. A universal Greek EOL synthetic-turf waste code is NOT ESTABLISHED — a system can produce separate fractions (plastic carpet, backing, sand, rubber / elastomeric infill, mixed residues), so no single EWC code is assigned without project-specific evidence. Turf-fraction End-of-Waste status: NOT GENERALLY VERIFIED.

Each URL is listed once; the claim-source links above are preserved per statement.

1. AADE — Granules and mulches on sports pitches and playgrounds · aade.gr · 1 statements
2. akep.gr — Procurement document — 4,824 m² replacement · akep.gr · 1 statements
3. ΚΗΜΔΗΣ — Galatini 5x5 synthetic turf 26PROC019105254 · cerpp.eprocurement.gov.gr · 1 statements
4. ECHA — Granules and mulches on pitches and playgrounds · echa.europa.eu · 1 statements
5. ELBAN — ELBAN S.A. · elban.gr · 1 statements
6. ELBAN — Tire rubber granules SBR · elban.gr · 1 statements
7. Panda Garden — Recycling of artificial grass (2 Feb 2024) · en.pandagarden.gr · 1 statements
8. EPO — UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations 2025 (EPO circular) · epo.gr · 1 statements
9. Tyres Herco — Plant technology · herco.gr · 1 statements
10. Δήμος Καλλιθέας — Open tender — synthetic turf replacement · kallithea.gr · 1 statements
11. Δήμος Κω — Synthetic turf supply — Kardamaina 50/2026 · kos.gov.gr · 1 statements
12. Υπουργείο Παιδείας — TPA 2026–2030 — Anthousa / Pallini · pde.minedu.gov.gr · 1 statements
13. Περιφέρεια Νοτίου Αιγαίου — Ermoupoli stadium tender 25PROC016977486 · pnai.gov.gr · 1 statements
14. Περιφέρεια Νοτίου Αιγαίου — Sifnos football field conversion · pnai.gov.gr · 1 statements
15. Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου — 8x8 synthetic turf replacement, Sparta (13 May 2026) · ppel.gov.gr · 1 statements
16. Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας — Kymi school football field (6 Jul 2026) · pste.gov.gr · 1 statements
17. Δήμος Θήρας — Upgrade of 5x5 fields (26 Jun 2026) · thira.gov.gr · 1 statements