Facilities
Artificial turf recycling facilities in Europe
A structured, source-linked record of identified artificial turf recycling facilities. Capacity values are never merged: licensed, installed, announced, company-reported and verified throughput are shown separately.
results: 30
- Active processors
- 23
- Active fixed processing sites
- 12
- Active mobile processors / pre-processors
- 8
- Active, exact processing site not verified
- 3
- Historical / inactive
- 4
- Pilot / project / permit records
- 3
Record counts, not unique physical locations. Historical, project and permit records are never counted as operating capacity.
Artificial turf recycling facilities in Europe
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- Active full-field / multi-fraction recycler
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- Under development / redevelopment
- Permit application withdrawn — not active
- Historical / closed / defunct — status, not performance
- Status unknown
results: 30
List
| Artificial turf recycling facilities in Europe | Operator | Country | Processes | Outputs | Status | Evidence level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBN-AGR Amsterdam | Artificial Grass Recycling B.V. / GBN-AGR | netherlands | delivery to Amsterdam, infill removal / separation, washing / cleaning, turf carpet shredding, separation / cleaning, production of recycled turf agglomerate (RTA) | end-of-life synthetic turf (infill + carpet) | Operational Company-reported | Company reported |
| TUF Recycling (Dongen) | TUF Recycling | netherlands | intake / storage, infill removal, turf carpet export for further processing | sand, sbr, backing | Closed Missing value | evidence.government_source |
| Herning synthetic-turf recovery site — Turf Recycling ApS (former Re-Match Herning) | Turf Recycling ApS (current operator); Re-Match A/S (historical operator) | denmark | downsizing, cleaning, separation | — | Operational Missing value | Company reported |
| Realsport SA / AG — Swiss synthetic-turf processing / recycling route + reuse route | Realsport SA / AG | switzerland | sports-field audit, dismantling, infill separation, screening / sieving, primary shredding / size reduction, weighing and traceability recording, roll preparation and selection for reuse | end-of-life synthetic turf (mat + infill), used turf rolls for reuse | Operational Missing value | Company reported |
| Let's Recycle Artificial Grass | Let's Recycle Artificial Grass Ltd | united-kingdom | washing, separation, shredding, bagging | waste artificial grass (rolls) | Project — permit withdrawn Missing value | evidence.government_source |
| MAXMAR GRUPA d.o.o. — mobile pre-processor / on-site material separation (no fixed facility pin) | MAXMAR GRUPA d.o.o. | croatia | dismantling of old artificial-turf pitches with specialist machine, on-site separation of granulate and sand from turf carpet | end-of-life synthetic turf at project sites (granulate, sand, turf carpet) | Operational Missing value | Company reported |
| GENERAL SPORT FIELD (GSF) — mobile pre-processor / on-site material separation (no fixed facility pin) | General Sport Field | romania | artificial-turf deinstallation with RenoMatic RM1502, infill removal and separation (filters, vibration, blowers), fibre shredding / cutting (company-reported), sand / rubber filtering, classifying, sorting (company-reported) | end-of-life synthetic turf at project sites (sand, rubber granulate, organic infill, turf carpet) | Operational Missing value | Company reported |
| Re-Match Tiel (historical) | Re-Match Netherlands B.V. (bankrupt, February 2025) | netherlands | dry mechanical downsizing, drying, separation, air-table separation (historical Re-Match process) | sand, sbr, epdm, tpe, pe, pp, backing | Historical — operator bankrupt Company-reported | evidence.industry_source |
| Enerius Sp. z o.o. — mobile pre-processor / on-site material separation (no fixed facility pin) | Enerius Sp. z o.o. | poland | mechanical brushing / extraction of SBR or EPDM granulate into Big Bags, mechanical sand extraction into Big Bags, carpet cutting and rolling, loading and transport to recycling or disposal destination (project-specific) | end-of-life synthetic turf at project sites (SBR / EPDM infill, sand, turf carpet) | Operational Missing value | Company reported |
| GT SPORT Kft. / Használt Műfű — used-turf removal, cleaning and reuse pre-processor (no fixed facility pin) | GT SPORT Kft. | hungary | professional lifting / removal, mechanical infill removal (company claim: 99%), cleaning, quality control, selection, resale for second-life reuse | used sports artificial turf (carpet with infill) | Operational Missing value | Company reported |
| FormaTurf Essen | FormaTurf GmbH | germany | removal / transport to Essen, separation, wet separation / mechanical processing, sand cleaning / recovery, recovery of plastics, processing of recovered plastics into new products | — | Operational Company-reported | Company reported |
| Refield S.r.l. — Piobbico (fixed full-field / multi-fraction processor) | Refield S.r.l. | italy | field cutting / removal, authorised transport, shredding of turf rolls, 3D centrifugal screening (infill extraction), aerodynamic granulometric separation of sand and performance infill, carpet size reduction and aerodynamic separation, batch traceability (company-reported) | end-of-life synthetic-turf fields (turf rolls incl. infill) | Operational Missing value | Company reported |
| PR Recycling GmbH | PR Recycling GmbH | germany | removal, transport, separation | — | Operational Missing value | evidence.industry_source |
| Sydvac AB — mobile on-site pre-processor | Sydvac AB | sweden | physical removal of artificial turf, vacuum extraction of sand and infill, physical emptying of the turf carpet, separation of filling material, sorting of filling fractions (some projects), collection of sand and rubber/infill in Big Bags, preparation of carpet rolls for reuse or downstream recycling | — | Operational Missing value | Company reported |
| Vink (Barneveld) — historical recycler | Vink Holding B.V. | netherlands | infill removal, size reduction, separation | turf carpet | Historical Company-reported | evidence.government_source |
| IFE Aufbereitungstechnik — Waidhofen an der Ybbs (March 2026 infill project) | IFE Aufbereitungstechnik GmbH | austria | linear vibrating screen (removal of fibres, leaves, branches, contaminants), IFE SORT density separation (vibration + air flow): rubber granulate / sand | used artificial-turf infill (rubber granulate + sand, with fibres and contaminants), several Big Bags | Project-specific operation Missing value | evidence.official_source_verified |
| Infrasports | Infrasports | france | reuse screening, separation of constituents, material recovery, storage, external treatment / energy recovery for non-recoverable fractions | — | Operational Missing value | Company reported |
| Erstein recycling site (former Re-Match France) | Former Re-Match France | france | historic Re-Match dry mechanical downsizing/cleaning/separation | — | Closed Company-reported | evidence.industry_source |
| Sportex Grangemouth | Sportex Group Limited | united-kingdom | pitch removal/transport, rubber separation, sand cleaning/drying/grading, turf shredding/cleaning, plastic agglomeration | — | Operational Company-reported | Company reported |
| JNC Premier Pitches (J.N. Cummins & Co. Ltd.) — mobile / project-based pre-processor | J.N. Cummins & Co. Ltd. t/a JNC Premier Pitches | ireland | removal of old turf and infill (SMG Turf Muncher), separation of old materials | end-of-life synthetic turf (mat + infill) removed during resurfacing | Operational Missing value | Company reported |
| Fieldservices / Eurofield — Isbergues | Fieldservices | france | on-site automated cutting (Fieldservices), on-site infill extraction by mechanical beating, transport of rolled de-infilled carpet, mechanical processing, fibre / backing separation, backing shredded to chips | de-infilled turf carpet | Operational Missing value | Company reported |
| Bosque Urbano, S.L. — Malpartida de Plasencia (fixed part-stream processor, artificial-turf plastic) | Bosque Urbano, S.L. | spain | R1201 classification / sorting, R1203 mechanical treatment (crushing, fragmentation, cutting, compaction) | artificial turf — LER 17 02 03 plastic (permit-listed) | Operational Company-reported | evidence.regulatory |
| RevalGreen Grenay | RevalGreen / SERFIM Recyclage | france | intake, shredding, screening / separation, recovery / reuse routes | — | Operational Missing value | Company reported |
| Pomont Sur, S.L. — pre-processing / material separation / reuse (no fixed pin) | Pomont Sur, S.L. | spain | removal, separation of sand and rubber, carpet cleaning / brushing / preparation for non-sport reuse | end-of-life artificial turf (carpet + sand/rubber infill) removed from fields | Operational Missing value | Company reported |
| DECAMP (ACTECO-led, 2024–2026) — R&D / pilot turf recycling project (not a commercial facility) | ACTECO Productos y Servicios, S.L. (project lead) | spain | mechanical / physical separation (pilot / industrial-scale testing) | used artificial turf supplied for project tests (PE, PP, latex-containing backing, other fractions) | Project-specific operation Missing value | evidence.public_authority_reported |
| KRB Sportboden-Recycling — Torgau-Zinna | KRB Sportboden-Recycling GmbH | germany | collection, separation, sorting, shredding, cleaning, reuse / material recovery | turf carpet, infill | Operational Missing value | Company reported |
| Plastic Recycling Despriet — Harelbeke | Plastic Recycling Despriet (legal/historical name: Despriet Gebroeders NV) | belgium | washing, densification, grinding / size reduction | plastic waste, artificial-turf fractions, artificial-turf carpets | Operational Missing value | Company reported |
| CarpetBeater / Schuurman Sport & Infra | Schuurman Sport & Infra | netherlands | turf uplift, mechanical beating / emptying of the turf carpet, separation of infill from turf, separation of infill layers (possible), rolling / preparation of the emptied turf carpet, preparation of separated fractions for reuse or downstream processing | — | Operational Missing value | Company reported |
| Domo Portugal / Domo Sports Grass Portugal — mobile infill extraction / reuse (no fixed pin) | Domo Portugal / Domo Sports Grass Portugal | portugal | mechanical vacuum extraction of sand and rubber infill, recovery / reuse assessment, reuse on another pitch where suitable | sand and rubber infill removed from synthetic-turf fields | Operational Missing value | Company reported |
| Overdie — Tiel artificial-turf processing site | Overdie (current operator); Re-Match Nederland (historical operator, bankrupt — separate record) | netherlands | — | — | Operational Missing value | evidence.company_confirmed |