Facilities
FormaTurf Essen
Essen, germany
Data completeness
50% complete- Map location: geocoded from official regulatory 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
Full-field / multi-fraction synthetic turf recycler (Sport Group). Plant operating since 2022; City of Essen reported the opening on 16 June 2023. Mechanical recycling. Reported processing capacity up to 200 pitches/year (company/industry-reported); actual throughput unknown.
Where does the material actually end up?
CTE Data noteCircular Turf Europe follows the material from input to final destination.
- 01Inputs
- 02Processes
- 03Outputs
- 04Final material destinations
Inputs
Unknown
Processes
removal / transport to Essen, separation, wet separation / mechanical processing, sand cleaning / recovery, recovery of plastics, processing of recovered plastics into new products
Outputs
sand (company-reported); plastic fractions (company-reported); functional infill (company-reported)
Final material destinations
sand → sports-field construction or other construction applications; plastic fractions → new durable products (e.g. TrionStein edging/building elements, FlexBlock modular elements)
Recyclable
Under research
Actually recycled
Under research
Recycled into what?
Under research
Capacity
Capacity and throughput are separate claim types and are never added, averaged or converted.
Capacity claims
| Value | Type | Year | Status / note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 pitches/year | COMPANY REPORTED CAPACITY | 2022 | current — PROCESSING CAPACITY CLAIM (up to 200 pitches/year) |
| 100 full-size pitches | STORAGE CAPACITY | — | current — STORAGE CAPACITY — not annual processing |
| 20,000 m² | AREA CLAIM | — | current — SITE AREA — not capacity |
Throughput claims
| Value | Type | Year | Status / note |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | 2026 | current — Actual throughput UNKNOWN |
Up to 200 pitches/year — COMPANY / INDUSTRY-REPORTED PROCESSING CAPACITY (not converted to tonnes; not throughput). Storage: up to 100 full-size pitches (storage capacity, not annual throughput). Site area: 20,000 m² (not capacity).
Summary
- Operator
- FormaTurf GmbH
- Owner
- Unknown
- Location
- Am Stadthafen 9, 45356 Essen, Germany
- Map location
- COMPANY-CONFIRMED FACILITY LOCATION — GEOCODED
- 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