Each statement: claim → public source → date → evidence label → limitation. Figures are shown separately and never added together.
HISTORICAL / UPSTREAM TYRE-RECYCLING ROUTE · company_reported
Historical: Bord na Móna's Drogheda tyre-recycling plant processed used tyres into crumb rubber for reuse in other applications, including crumb rubber used on football pitches. Bord na Móna later exited this business context. Historical tyre recycling — not turf recycling; not current turf infrastructure. Entities and time periods kept distinct from Elmore.
Sources: [1] bnm.ie [2] bnm.ie
CURRENT PUBLIC INVESTMENT / INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINE CONTEXT · verified
Irish government CLÁR programmes (2024 and 2025) continue to support artificial / astro-turf infrastructure. Funded projects are not counted as installed stock until completed.
Sources: [1] gov.ie [2] gov.ie
CTE CLASSIFICATION / AUDIT CONCLUSION · unknown
CTE classification — Crumb Rubber Ireland Ltd. (historical): historical tyre recycler / upstream material supplier — NOT a synthetic-turf recycler; no turf count, capacity, throughput or pin.
LOCAL AUTHORITY OPEN-DATA EXAMPLE · verified
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council maintains local playing-pitch open data including grass and synthetic surfaces — local example, not extrapolated to the Republic of Ireland.
Sources: [1] data.gov.ie
END-OF-LIFE TYRE RECYCLER / UPSTREAM INFILL SUPPLY CHAIN · company_reported
Elmore Recycling (Donore Industrial Estate, Drogheda, Co. Louth) physically processes end-of-life tyres: collection → shredding → rubber shred + metal recovery; rubber can be remanufactured into products including football-pitch applications. Upstream secondary rubber supply — NOT an end-of-life synthetic-turf recycler; no turf capacity, count or pin.
Sources: [1] elmorerecycling.com
CURRENT IRISH END-OF-WASTE FRAMEWORK · verified
EPA: for waste-derived material to achieve End-of-Waste status it must commonly be used for specific purposes, a market/demand must exist, it must meet technical/product requirements, its use must not cause adverse environmental/health impacts, and a recovery operation must have occurred. No turf fraction is claimed to have End-of-Waste status.
Sources: [1] epa.ie
IRISH FIELD-STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL EVIDENCE · verified
The EPA-funded study found SBR microplastic particles outside artificial pitches, with dispersal extending at least 15 metres from pitch edges; abundance was highest close to pitches and decreased with distance. Not converted into national emissions.
Sources: [1] epa.ie
CASE-STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL PATHWAY EVIDENCE · verified
The study observed lower abundance near some higher retaining barriers, higher abundance at some sites without adequate drainage, one external drainage route leading directly into stormwater drainage, and rubber crumb in drainage infrastructure. Not generalised to all Irish pitches.
Sources: [1] epa.ie
LITERATURE REFERENCE REPRODUCED IN IRISH EPA REPORT · verified
EPA Report 430 reproduces external literature values: up to approximately 140 tonnes of material in a standard artificial-turf field, lifetime approximately 8–10 years, top-up 3–5 tonnes/year depending on use and climate. Not Irish measurements, not a national average, not a CTE conversion factor.
Sources: [1] epa.ie
IRISH ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD STUDY · verified
EPA Research Report 430, Case Study 3 (Astroturf pitches): Ireland-specific sampling of 10 artificial pitches. Environmental field study, not a national market inventory.
Sources: [1] epa.ie
EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURE CONTEXT · verified
ESTC's end-of-life guidance documents European recycling facilities — European context only; it does not establish a domestic Republic-of-Ireland full-field facility.
Sources: [1] estc.info
CURRENT IRISH / EU REGULATORY CONTEXT · verified
Irish Government (Oireachtas, 7 Nov 2023): EU regulation introduced in September 2023 prohibits the future sale of microplastics including granular infill used on artificial sports surfaces. Sale / placing on the market of polymeric microplastic infill will be restricted from 2031 following the eight-year EU transition period.
Sources: [1] oireachtas.ie
CURRENT FOOTBALL GOVERNANCE / CERTIFICATION CONTEXT · verified
FAI: full-sized artificial pitches must be tested / certified; clubs must notify their league; the relevant league should maintain a database of playable artificial-turf pitches; certified full-sized pitches may appear through FIFA certification systems. Not a national pitch count.
Sources: [1] fai.ie
NATIONAL FOOTBALL INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY · verified
FAI Facility Investment Vision and Strategy: facilities survey covered 87% of grassroots clubs; the strategy includes development / improvement of football infrastructure including artificial pitches. Not converted into current stock.
Sources: [1] facilitiesstrategy.fai.ie
SPORT-SPECIFIC SYNTHETIC-TURF QUALITY REGISTER · verified
GAA Register of Synthetic Turf Fields: fields must meet GAA performance / construction standards, undergo initial testing and be retested every three years. GAA register count: UNKNOWN.
Sources: [1] gaa.ie [2] gaa.ie
CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · unknown
Republic of Ireland — current measured national EOL tonnage, annual replacement count, national treatment split, verified material-recycling throughput and verified turf-recycling capacity: UNKNOWN. No national CTE tonnage model in v1.0.
CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · unknown
Current national volume of Irish EOL turf exported for treatment and destination countries: UNKNOWN at national level. No destination country is assumed without a project-specific source.
CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · unknown
CTE has not identified a currently active Republic-of-Ireland fixed full-field synthetic-turf recycling facility that meets the CTE public-evidence standard. Active verified fixed full-field recyclers: 0; fixed turf-derived part-stream processors: 0; fixed turf-infill processors: 0. Active mobile pre-processors: 1 (JNC Premier Pitches).
CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · unknown
Republic of Ireland — current verified national artificial-turf pitch count and area: UNKNOWN. No complete, comparable, publicly verified national pitch inventory has been identified to CTE evidence standard.
MAINTENANCE ACTOR · company_reported
Harris Turf Improvements provides synthetic-turf maintenance, cleaning, infill/refill and debris removal — maintenance actor, not an EOL turf recycler; no recycler pin.
Sources: [1] harristurf.ie
PROJECT-SPECIFIC REUSE EVIDENCE · company_reported
JNC uses specialist SMG Turf Muncher machinery for synthetic-pitch resurfacing. Belclare Sports Facility, Co. Galway: 1,500 m² resurfacing; old synthetic turf partly salvaged and reused at a local school hurling-wall area. REUSE ≠ MATERIAL RECYCLING.
Sources: [1] sportspitch.ie
CTE CLASSIFICATION / AUDIT CONCLUSION · unknown
CTE classification — JNC Premier Pitches: ACTIVE MOBILE PRE-PROCESSOR / PITCH-RESURFACING MATERIAL-SEPARATION ACTOR; not a full-field material recycler, not a fixed recycling facility; no fixed map pin (project-based, mobile). Annual capacity: UNKNOWN. Annual throughput: UNKNOWN. Downstream final processor: UNKNOWN / PROJECT-SPECIFIC.
ACTIVE MOBILE PRE-PROCESSOR (COMPANY IDENTITY) · company_reported
J.N. Cummins & Co. Ltd. t/a JNC Premier Pitches, company base Mayfield, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, E25 TD32 — active; company states it has completed more than 200 synthetic-pitch projects (company-reported cumulative project experience, not EOL processing count or throughput).
Sources: [1] sportspitch.ie
PITCH MAINTENANCE / LIFE-EXTENSION ACTIVITY · company_reported
JNC also provides synthetic-pitch maintenance — maintenance only, not end-of-life recycling.
Sources: [1] sportspitch.ie
COMPANY-REPORTED EOL MATERIAL ROUTE · company_reported
JNC pitch refurbishment: old pitch → removal of old turf and infill → separation of old materials → materials directed for appropriate recycling / repurposing. Old SBR and old-surface remnants are processed / repurposed, including use in equine lunge rings (company-reported). Not all removed mass = recycling; annual tonnage not inferred.
Sources: [1] sportspitch.ie
INSTALLER / RESURFACING CONTRACTOR / MAINTENANCE ACTOR · company_reported
PST Sport: installer / resurfacing contractor reporting more than 500 artificial-pitch projects across Ireland + UK (installation experience, not Irish turf-recycling volume). Project pages show removal and disposal of old synthetic turf, e.g. Arklow Town FC 7,400 m², Raheny GAA 650 m², Butlersbridge 540 m², LeisureWorld Bishopstown 3,520 m² — DISPOSAL ≠ MATERIAL RECYCLING. Not a recycler.
Sources: [1] pstsport.com [2] pstsport.com [3] pstsport.com
PITCH MAINTENANCE / LIFE-EXTENSION ACTIVITY · company_reported
PST Sport performs infill decompaction, deep cleaning, contaminant removal and redistribution of cleaned infill — pitch maintenance / life extension, not end-of-life recycling; not in recycler count.
Sources: [1] pstsport.com
CTE SCOPE RULE · unknown
Geographic scope: Republic of Ireland only. Irish FA, Northern Ireland facilities, Derry / Londonderry projects, UK funding, UK waste law and UK recycling routes belong to the United Kingdom dossier and are excluded.
NATIONAL SPORTS-FACILITY DATA STRUCTURE · verified
Sport Ireland's facility-location schema includes “Pitch (Artificial)” as a recognised sports-facility category. It defines a category and does not provide a complete national count.
Sources: [1] sportireland.ie
CURRENT NATIONAL WASTE-REGULATORY CONTEXT · verified
EPA: waste disposal / recovery activities require appropriate Irish waste authorisation depending on activity and scale. No legal conclusions are issued for individual turf projects.
Sources: [1] epa.ie
