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nylon felt on the surface, are perfectly
recyclable. Popular applications
include rubber flooring, while tennis
ball recycling remains a niche market.
An exception is the US voluntary
product stewardship scheme Project
Green Ball. The venture collected 150
000 discarded tennis balls with the
help of 60 partners and 20 collection
points across the country since its
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launch in 2013. It has developed a
range of durable uses for old balls
including new tennis courts. Loyal cus-
tomers include Ace Surfaces, which
has installed eight cushioned tennis
courts in New Jersey – with a surface
that requires up to 10 000 old balls for
a single court. Green Ball is also inves-
tigating to see if intact balls can be
incorporated into concrete slabs and
walls.
‘Tennis balls can also be re-pres-
surised to give them back their
bounce, extending their useful lives
and reducing the need for new balls,’
says Scott Soloway, who initiated the
programme with his father Benjamin.
The recycling scheme also donates
money to sports-related charities ben-
efiting people with disabilities.
GREEN GOLD
Project Green Ball recently ‘merged
into’ US non-profit organisation
RecycleBalls, Scott Soloway is glad to
report. The venture has recovered an
estimated 200 000 tennis balls to date
by expanding its network to 10 000
partners and 120 000 active collection
bins across the country. RecycleBalls
developed its ‘unique’ recycled crumb
rubber product Green Gold in 2017. A
material of very fine particles is the
result of a process that cost-effectively
removes 99% of the felt from tennis
balls at around 8000 balls per hour.
The crumb rubber can be incorporat-
ed easily into most production pro-
cesses in and off the tennis court,
according to company ceo Derrick
Senior. This includes building materi-
als for sports flooring, signposts as
well as an ingredient in a new stucco
paint product.
Important take-back partners are the
US United States Tennis Association
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