Facilities
Sportex Grangemouth
Grangemouth, Scotland, united-kingdom
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
Sportex states an installed capacity of up to 500,000 m² a year (company reported). Public mass-equivalent claims conflict: about 12,500 t/year on the company website and about 17,500 t/year in the SAPCA member profile. Neither is verified throughput.
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
pitch removal/transport, rubber separation, sand cleaning/drying/grading, turf shredding/cleaning, plastic agglomeration
Outputs
rubber granulate (company-reported); sand (company-reported); plastic agglomerate (company-reported)
Final material destinations
rubber granulate → cleaned/graded for reuse subject to standards; sand → reuse in new synthetic-turf installations; plastic agglomerate → recycled plastic kickboards sold back into sports industry
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500,000 m²/year | COMPANY REPORTED CAPACITY | — | current — COMPANY-REPORTED CAPACITY — not converted |
| 12,500 t/year | SOURCE REPORTED EQUIVALENT | — | conflicting — Sportex estimated waste-diversion equivalent — conflicts with SAPCA 17,500; not throughput |
| 17,500 t/year | SOURCE REPORTED EQUIVALENT | — | conflicting — SAPCA published claim — conflicts with Sportex 12,500; not throughput |
Throughput claims
| Value | Type | Year | Status / note |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | 2026 | current — Actual throughput UNKNOWN |
500,000 m²/year — COMPANY-REPORTED CAPACITY (not converted to tonnes). Mass-equivalent claims: 12,500 t/year (Sportex estimate) and 17,500 t/year (SAPCA published claim) — CONFLICTING PUBLIC MASS-EQUIVALENT CLAIMS — NO VERIFIED TONNAGE THROUGHPUT AVAILABLE.
Summary
- Operator
- Sportex Group Limited
- Owner
- Unknown
- Location
- 13–17 Abbotsinch Road, Grangemouth, FK3 9UX, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Map location
- OFFICIAL FACILITY LOCATION — GEOCODED FROM PUBLIC-RECORD ADDRESS
- Country
- united-kingdom
- 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