Artificial turf recycling in Netherlands

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

• OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT / PROSECUTOR SOURCES · 2016–2020 historical

  TUF Dongen is a documented historical case involving storage, inspections, enforcement and a 2018 fire; CTE should report only attributed facts from official records.

  Limitation: Use neutral wording. Where relying on the prosecutor's account, attribute statements explicitly to the OM rather than presenting them as an independent CTE conclusion.

  Sources: [1] www.eerstekamer.nl [2] www.om.nl

• INDUSTRY GUIDE · ESTC 2023 reference

  ESTC generic reference composition for a typical filled pitch: 49% sand, 45% performance infill, 3% turf fibres, 2% backing and 1% waste.

  Limitation: Generic reference composition; not a measured Dutch national composition and not suitable for all turf generations or non-fill systems.

  Sources: [1] www.estc.info

• DATA GAP · 2026

  Current national actual recycling throughput, route shares and final destinations by material stream are not yet fully verified in the CTE public-source dataset.

  Limitation: This is the principal remaining evidence gap for the Netherlands Impact Map.

• MULTIPLE PUBLIC SOURCES CONSISTENT · 2026 public order-of-magnitude

  Around 200 artificial turf sports fields are replaced in the Netherlands each year.

  Limitation: This is an order-of-magnitude for replacement activity, not a complete national administrative count. Field sizes and sports differ.

  Sources: [1] www.sportinnovator.nl [2] greenmatter.nl [3] open.overheid.nl

• CTE MODEL — PUBLIC INPUTS · 2026 model

  CTE model: approximately 44–48 kt/year of gross end-of-life material if ~200 replaced pitches are modelled using the ESTC average full-size pitch mass of 220–240 tonnes.

  Formula: 200 fields/year × 220–240 tonnes/field ÷ 1000. Limitation: Not a measured national waste statistic. It assumes the ESTC full-size pitch reference is representative of the replaced Dutch field mix.

  Sources: [1] www.sportinnovator.nl [2] www.estc.info

• GOVERNMENT-COMMISSIONED HISTORICAL SOURCE · 2019 historical

  Historical government reference: the 2019 Dutch study considered 60–70 kt/year a directional estimate; 240 fields expected in 2019 corresponded to about 58 kt.

  Limitation: Historical reference only; do not display as a current 2026 measured volume.

  Sources: [1] open.overheid.nl

• COMPANY REPORTED + PUBLIC PERMIT RECORD · current company status

  AGR Amsterdam has been operational at Santoriniweg 20 since June 2020.

  Limitation: Operational status is public; this claim does not establish licensed capacity or actual annual throughput.

  Sources: [1] www.artificialgrassrecycling.eu [2] zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl

• INDUSTRY GUIDE / COMPANY-REPORTED CAPACITY · 2023

  ESTC's 2023 facility guide listed GBN-AGR with a facility processing capacity of 500,000 m²/year.

  Limitation: Dated capacity figure, not verified current 2026 throughput and not the licensed capacity.

  Sources: [1] www.estc.info

• NO PUBLIC DATA IDENTIFIED · 2026

  No numerical licensed capacity for AGR Amsterdam has yet been identified in the CTE public-source chain.

  Limitation: Permit existence/process changes are public, but a numeric licensed tonnage has not been established here.

  Sources: [1] zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl

• COMPANY REPORTED · current company reporting

  AGR publicly reports three main outputs: recycled sand, cleaned rubber granulate and recycled turf agglomerate (RTA), with applications including sports infill/drainage sand, industrial rubber products/green-roof panels, and plastic boards/furniture/sports underlayers.

  Limitation: These are company-reported outlet categories; they are not a verified national mass balance or verified annual buyer-by-buyer final destination.

  Sources: [1] www.artificialgrassrecycling.eu

• DATA GAP · 2026

  Current verified annual throughput for AGR Amsterdam has not yet been established in the CTE public-source dataset.

  Limitation: Do not substitute installed processing capacity for throughput.

• COMPANY REPORTED · 2026

  Overdie publicly states that it acquired assets of the bankrupt Re-Match Nederland artificial-turf recycling company in Tiel.

  Limitation: Re-Match must not be shown as an active company. The public source confirms asset acquisition, not a current verified turf-processing throughput.

  Sources: [1] overdie.nl

• OFFICIAL PERMIT PUBLICATION · 2026-03

  The Municipality of Tiel published a 2026 permit application for moving, treating and processing a depot at Panovenweg.

  Limitation: This publication confirms an application and activity description, not a granted artificial-turf capacity figure.

  Sources: [1] zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl

• DATA GAP · 2026

  No current publicly verified licensed, installed or actual annual artificial-turf throughput figure for the Tiel site is included in this public source chain.

  Limitation: Do not use internal Overdie capacity figures on the public website.

  Sources: [1] overdie.nl [2] zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl

• DATA GAP WITH GOVERNMENT SCOPE NOTE · 2026 data gap / 2019 scope note

  No current national public estimate of annual landscaping-turf end-of-life tonnage has yet been identified. The 2019 government study explicitly excluded non-sport turf from its Dutch waste estimate.

  Limitation: Do not merge sport EOL estimates with landscaping.

  Sources: [1] open.overheid.nl

• EU AUTHORITATIVE · EU rule

  For granular polymeric infill used on artificial sports surfaces, the EU placing-on-market restriction starts to apply on 17 October 2031.

  Limitation: This is not a blanket ban on artificial turf pitches.

  Sources: [1] echa.europa.eu

• INDUSTRY GUIDE · ESTC 2023 reference

  ESTC reference for a full-size synthetic turf pitch: around 10 years average life, around 7,000 m² and 220–240 tonnes.

  Limitation: Generic European reference; actual Dutch field size, composition, use and service life vary.

  Sources: [1] www.estc.info

• OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT FRAMEWORK · current 2026

  The Dutch CMP minimum standard requires used artificial turf to be sorted or otherwise processed to separate as many monostreams as possible, including sand, thermoplastics, thermosets and elastomers where present.

  Limitation: Apply the exact CMP scope and referenced waste plans to each separated fraction.

  Sources: [1] circulairmaterialenplan.nl

• OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT FRAMEWORK · current 2026

  Under the CMP, cleaned PE/PP turf material must be recycled according to the plastics waste plan; separated sand is to be recycled, and its quality must meet applicable soil/material requirements for the intended use.

  Limitation: Do not generalise this to a statement that every recovered batch is automatically a product or suitable for sports reuse.

  Sources: [1] circulairmaterialenplan.nl

• OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT FRAMEWORK · current 2026

  The CMP lists Eural code 17 09 04 as an indicative code that may relate to artificial-turf waste within the plan's scope.

  Limitation: The CMP explicitly states this is indicative; the correct Eural code must be determined for the actual waste stream.

  Sources: [1] circulairmaterialenplan.nl

• OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT FRAMEWORK · current 2026

  The CMP does not provide one automatic artificial-turf End-of-Waste status; after preparation for reuse or recycling, End-of-Waste is assessed case by case under the Dutch Environmental Management Act/CMP based on all facts and circumstances.

  Limitation: A material being processed or sold does not by itself establish End-of-Waste.

  Sources: [1] circulairmaterialenplan.nl

• OFFICIAL NL + EU LAW · current 2026

  Cross-border shipments of artificial-turf waste from or to the Netherlands are assessed under the CMP turf framework together with Regulation (EU) 2024/1157; the new EU waste-shipment regulation applies from 21 May 2026.

  Limitation: The procedure depends on classification, composition, destination and recovery/disposal route.

  Sources: [1] circulairmaterialenplan.nl [2] eur-lex.europa.eu

• END-OF-LIFE GENERATED

  Approximately 60,000-70,000 tonnes of end-of-life sports turf per year, reported for 2019.

• INDUSTRY TECHNICAL REPORT · 2021 historical

  Historical BSNC reference (2021): approximately 2,200 artificial football fields and 1,000 artificial hockey fields in the Netherlands.

  Limitation: Historical and excludes other sports, landscaping and leisure. Do not present as the current 2026 total.

  Sources: [1] www.bsnc.nl

• SPORTS GOVERNING BODY · 2024-05

  KNVB stated in May 2024 that the Netherlands had 1,630 artificial football fields with polymeric infill.

  Limitation: Subset only: polymeric-infill football fields. It is not the total number of artificial turf fields.

  Sources: [1] www.knvb.nl

• DATA GAP · 2026

  A current complete national count covering sport, landscaping, hybrid and leisure has not yet been identified in the CTE public-source dataset.

  Limitation: Keep stream-specific counts separate; do not extrapolate a total from older football/hockey counts.

• DATA GAP · 2026

  No current country-wide annual tonnage of Dutch end-of-life artificial turf exported in 2026 has yet been identified in the CTE public-source dataset.

  Limitation: Do not reuse historical Re-Match export permissions as current shipment volume.