Documented cases
Documented end-of-life cases
Documented problems and bottlenecks in European artificial turf end-of-life management. The purpose is transparency, not activism: confirmed facts, government findings, media reports and company responses are labelled separately.
results: 8
Filters
- temporary storage
- long-term stockpiles
- illegal storage
- export
- incineration
- landfill
- contaminated sand
- mixed polymer waste
- rubber contamination
- unknown final destinations
- insufficient recycling capacity
- capacity versus actual throughput
- transport distance
- poor traceability
- fragmented landscape collection
- hybrid turf contamination
- waste classification problems
- material quality problems
Documented end-of-life cases
- unauthorised_storagesaint-josse-turf-storageevidence.government_finding
- shipment_refusedweil-am-rhein-turf-refusedevidence.government_finding
- unauthorised_storagecarquefou-infill-dumpevidence.media_report
- site_abandoned_after_insolvencyerstein-abandoned-turfevidence.media_report
- excess_storagenl-tuf-dongen-2018evidence.government_source
- facility_closuredk-rematch-herning-2024evidence.media_report
- bankruptcynl-rematch-tiel-2025evidence.media_report
- judicial_liquidationfr-rematch-erstein-2026evidence.government_source