Each statement: claim → public source → date → evidence label → limitation. Figures are shown separately and never added together.
CURRENT CANTONAL PROJECT PIPELINE · official_source_verified
Canton Aargau: 23 municipalities submitted expressions of interest for 27 artificial-turf projects within the funding programme. Project pipeline — not current installed stock; not extrapolated nationally.
Sources: [1] ag.ch
CANTONAL FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMME · official_source_verified
Canton Aargau programme initially supported 11 artificial-turf projects, with permits by 2027 and implementation by 2029. Future programme — not counted as installed pitches.
Sources: [1] ag.ch
HISTORICAL OFFICIAL SPORT-FACILITY DATA — 2012 · official_source_verified
BASPO Sportanlagenstatistik Schweiz 2012: 155 standard-size football artificial-turf fields and 170 smaller artificial-turf fields. Historical only — not current and not combined with modern estimates into a trend.
Sources: [1] baspo.admin.ch
MUNICIPAL PLANNING SCENARIO · official_source_verified
City of Bern Rasensportstrategie 2024 projects by 2030 a shortfall equivalent to 12 natural-grass pitches or 6 artificial-turf pitches. Local municipal planning scenario — not national data.
Sources: [1] stadtrat.bern.ch
CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · cte_audit
Switzerland is not an EU member state. The EU 2031 polymeric-infill restriction (Regulation 2023/2055) is European market context only; Swiss domestic legal status of an equivalent restriction: UNKNOWN unless separately sourced.
PROJECT / PUBLIC-FUNDED TECHNICAL-REGULATORY CONTEXT · official_source_verified
TISCAREC project background (ARAMIS): filled artificial-turf waste in Switzerland was treated in a special-waste / incineration context because infill may contain heavy metals such as zinc and lead. Historical/project background only — not a universal 2026 legal classification and not a statement that Swiss artificial turf is normally incinerated in 2026.
Sources: [1] aramis.admin.ch
CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · cte_audit
Current verified national artificial-turf area: UNKNOWN (not estimated from 465 × standard pitch size). National lifetime distribution: UNKNOWN. Landscape, hybrid and leisure turf stock, EOL and routes: UNKNOWN — not inferred from football.
CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · cte_audit
Current measured national EOL tonnage: UNKNOWN. Current annual replacement count: UNKNOWN. Current national recycling throughput: UNKNOWN. Current verified national recycling capacity: UNKNOWN.
CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · cte_audit
No CTE national tonnage model for Switzerland v1.0. The 465 football pitches or ≈800 broader surfaces are not converted into tonnes/year: different scope, no validated national installation cohort, no validated lifetime distribution, filled and unfilled systems differ, field size and mass vary materially. The older backend model is archived.
CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · cte_audit
Active verified synthetic-turf processing / recycling routes: 1 (Realsport). Active verified fixed full-field facilities with verified address: 0. Active verified commercial fixed part-stream processors: 0. R&D / demonstration: 1 (TISCAREC, completed). Evidence state, not proof that none exist.
CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · cte_audit
National treatment split — reuse, material recycling, incineration/thermal recovery, landfill, export: all UNKNOWN national shares. No percentages created.
CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · cte_audit
Universal national waste code for artificial turf: NOT IDENTIFIED — CTE position UNKNOWN / CASE-SPECIFIC. Waste regulation involves a federal framework plus cantonal implementation/enforcement; facility permits and waste classifications may require cantonal source validation.
PUBLICLY FUNDED NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT · official_source_verified
The BAFU/AWEL-supported OST/UMTEC project determined the number and area of football artificial-turf pitches in Switzerland and addresses field-system composition, filled/unfilled distinction and granulate loss as a microplastic pollution pathway.
Sources: [1] ost.ch
COMPANY-REPORTED PRODUCT / SYSTEM CLAIM · company_reported
“100% recyclable and recycled” — company-reported product/system claim. Not an independently verified recycling rate, not a facility recovery rate and not national recycling performance.
Sources: [1] realsport.ch
PROJECT-SPECIFIC EOL HANDLING CLAIM · company_reported
Bubendorf — Sportanlage Brühl, 10,420 m² (17 February – 21 May 2025): Realsport performed removal and professional disposal/treatment (“fachgerechte Entsorgung”) of the existing filled synthetic turf. No recycling outcome inferred — disposal ≠ material recycling.
Sources: [1] realsport.ch
CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · cte_audit
Realsport current annual turf processing capacity: UNKNOWN. Current verified throughput: UNKNOWN. Not derived from project numbers, brochures, customer references, RevalGreen capacity or transport volume.
COMPANY-REPORTED PHYSICAL PROCESSING ROUTE · company_reported
Material fractions shown by Realsport: synthetic turf, quartz sand, organic infill, rubber infill, recycled fibres / mixed backing fraction.
Sources: [1] realsport.ch
CTE DATA GAP / AUDIT CONCLUSION · cte_audit
Realsport: processing in Switzerland — EXACT FACILITY LOCATION NOT YET VERIFIED TO CTE STANDARD. No standard fixed map pin; Realsport office/branch addresses are not used as recycling-facility proof. Facility geolocation completeness ≠ absence of recycling activity.
COMPANY-REPORTED MARKET CLAIM · company_reported
Realsport states that from 2025 it offers “the only fully traceable recycling solution for artificial-turf football pitches in Switzerland”. Company-reported market claim — CTE does not independently state that Realsport is the only recycler in Switzerland.
Sources: [1] realsport.ch
COMPANY-REPORTED PROJECT-SPECIFIC FULL-SYSTEM RECYCLING CLAIM · company_reported
Payerne — Stade municipal (3 July – 7 September 2026): Realsport states that the old synthetic turf and SBR infill were completely recycled within Switzerland. Evidence the Swiss route operated in 2026; one project is not annual throughput nor independent verification of national recycling.
Sources: [1] realsport.ch
COMPANY-REPORTED MATERIAL RECOVERY / PRODUCT ROUTES · company_reported
Realsport describes production/recovery routes including Promax infill, Promax Hydroflex infill, Versatil elastic/drainage layer and composite boards; turf components can be converted into raw materials for new products. Promax Hydroflex is described as produced in Germany — processing location (Switzerland) and final product manufacturing location are tracked separately; not classified as fully domestic closed loop. Not all input mass is classified as material recycling.
Sources: [1] realsport.ch
ACTIVE REUSE ROUTE · company_reported
Realsport offers used artificial turf removed from Swiss sports fields for reuse in lower-demand applications: dismantling, infill separation, roll preparation and selection for reuse. Company practice prioritises reuse of suitable turf before recycling/other treatment (not a Swiss legal hierarchy). REUSE ≠ MATERIAL RECYCLING.
Sources: [1] realsport.ch
COMPANY-REPORTED REUSE DESTINATIONS · company_reported
Company-reported reuse destinations: small football fields, training areas, playgrounds, private gardens, paddocks, access areas, camping, temporary events, recreation facilities. Reused turf is not counted as recycled tonnage and does not define national market size.
Sources: [1] realsport.ch
CROSS-BORDER TECHNICAL / VALUE-CHAIN PARTNER · company_reported
Realsport states that field auditing is performed in cooperation with RevalGreen. RevalGreen remains a French facility/operator context — no Swiss RevalGreen facility is created and French RevalGreen capacity is not counted in Switzerland.
Sources: [1] realsport.ch
COMPANY-REPORTED PHYSICAL PROCESSING ROUTE · company_reported
Realsport (2025 publication “Recycling in der Schweiz”): route comprises sports-field audit, dismantling, infill separation, delivery to a processing platform in Switzerland, processing operations in Switzerland (screening/sieving, primary shredding/size reduction, weighing and traceability recording) and recovery/recycling certification. Classified as ACTIVE SYNTHETIC-TURF PROCESSING / RECYCLING ROUTE.
Sources: [1] realsport.ch
RESEARCH-BASED SWISS FOOTBALL-PITCH ESTIMATE · official_source_verified
Approximately 465 football pitches with artificial turf in Switzerland (Swiss research context, OST/UMTEC; referenced in the Fraunhofer system analysis). Football artificial turf only — not all synthetic turf, sport surfaces, landscape or private leisure turf. Not a complete 2026 census.
Sources: [1] ost.ch [2] assa-asss.ch
SATELLITE-DERIVED BROADER SPORT-SURFACE ESTIMATE · official_source_verified
Satellite analysis (Fraunhofer system analysis): approximately 800 artificial-turf or artificial-turf-like sport surfaces outside private use in Switzerland — 447 smaller and 356 larger surfaces, ≈803 in total. Broader scope than the 465 football-pitch estimate; neither replaces the other.
Sources: [1] assa-asss.ch
MULTIPLE PUBLIC ESTIMATES — DIFFERENT SCOPE · official_source_verified
Current public national artificial-turf stock: NO SINGLE COMPARABLE NATIONAL FIGURE. Supporting public estimates with different scope: ≈465 football artificial-turf pitches and ≈800 broader artificial/artificial-like sport surfaces. Not averaged; the larger number is not treated as more current.
Sources: [1] ost.ch [2] assa-asss.ch
PUBLICLY FUNDED R&D RESULT · official_source_verified
The project states that an industrially suitable separation method for the yarn mixture was developed and the recovered plastics could be further processed into new products. Not interpreted as a commercial plant operating at scale.
Sources: [1] aramis.admin.ch
COMPLETED R&D / DEMONSTRATION RECYCLING PROJECT · official_source_verified
TISCAREC — Tisca Tischhauser AG with OST/UMTEC, funded by the Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU), 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2023. Completed R&D / demonstration project — not a verified commercial turf-recycling facility; no standard recycler pin; not in commercial processor capacity. Tisca Tischhauser AG is an artificial-turf manufacturer / R&D partner, not a commercial recycler.
Sources: [1] aramis.admin.ch [2] ost.ch
PROJECT-RESULT DATA · official_source_verified
ARAMIS project results: approximately 1.5 kg yarn recovered per m²; approximately 68% of input yarn recovered; cut material described as approximately 90% PE yarn and 10% PA yarn, with latex abrasion and sand contamination noted in addition. Project-result data — not a commercial yield or national recycling performance.
Sources: [1] aramis.admin.ch
R&D / DEMONSTRATION TURF-CARPET PROCESSING · official_source_verified
TISCAREC focused on UNFILLED artificial turf: shearing/cutting fibres from the backing → mixed yarn fraction → separation/cleaning → PE / PA fractions for further processing. Results are not generalised to filled SBR systems, full-field multi-fraction processing, sand/rubber separation or conventional filled football turf.
Sources: [1] aramis.admin.ch [2] ost.ch
