Facilities

FormaTurf Essen

Essen, germany

Company reportedStatus: operationalLast verified: 2026-09-24
Company-reported

Data completeness

50% complete
  • Map location: geocoded from verified street address✓ Available
  • Rights-cleared photos○ Missing
  • Volume / capacity data✓ Available
  • Export / cross-border data○ Missing
  • Independently verified throughput○ Missing
  • Translations EN/NL/DE/FR✓ Available

Missing items are research gaps, not zero values.

Description

Purpose-built artificial turf recycling plant opened in June 2023. The operator states a capacity of about 200 full-size pitches a year. No independently verified processed tonnage is public.

Where does the material actually end up?

CTE Data noteCircular Turf Europe follows the material from input to final destination.

  1. 01Inputs
  2. 02Processes
  3. 03Outputs
  4. 04Final material destinations

Inputs

Unknown

Processes

deconstruction, mechanical separation, sand/infill separation, mechanical recycling, company also references proprietary mechanical and chemical processes, moulding of composite products, QR traceability

Outputs

sand (company-reported); mixed/recycled turf composite (company-reported)

Final material destinations

sand → sports-field construction and construction sector; mixed/recycled turf composite → FlexBlock, TrionStone, boards, barriers, construction/landscape products

Recyclable

Under research

Actually recycled

Under research

Recycled into what?

Under research

Capacity

Licensed capacity
Unknown
Installed capacity
Unknown
Announced capacity
Unknown
Company-reported capacity
Up to 200 full-size pitches/year; company-reported equivalent approximately 40,000 t/year (public 2022–2023 sources). Capacity, not verified throughput.Company reported
Verified throughput
Under research

Summary

Operator
FormaTurf GmbH
Owner
Unknown
Location
Am Stadthafen 9, 45356 Essen, Germany
Map location
GEOCODED FROM VERIFIED STREET ADDRESS (not source-verified GPS)
Country
germany
Permits
Unknown
Waste codes
Unknown
Cross-border acceptance
Unknown
Traceability
Output end markets are company-reported unless stated otherwise; final destinations not independently verified.

Sources

Source verification pending