Give the people what they want — turf infill that keeps fields clean, safe, and playable. Designers and architects are re-examining the components that make a sports complex valuable and useful. Field managers, athletes, and spectators are more concerned with health and safety than ever before and the best new sports facilities are beginning to […]
What Does it Mean to Have a USDA Certified BioBased Product? Safeshell has earned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product label. The product, Safeshell®, is now able to display a unique USDA label that highlights its percentage of biobased content. Third-party verification for a product’s biobased content is administered through the USDA […]
We hope this blog finds you in great spirits and ready for an insightful dive into a technical topic. We’re tackling something that’s been buzzing in the turf industry — PFAS in infill and artificial turf and we are focusing on our very own Envirofill. Understanding the Buzz: PFAS in Synthetic Turf As advocates for […]
Are you building a new athletic turf sports field? Or maybe you’re replacing an existing field? Either way, you need your new artificial turf system to protect your athletes and boost performance — without requiring excessive time and effort to maintain. And then there is sustainability, which is top of mind for many parents and […]
Designing synthetic turf athletic fields can come with challenges, but also great rewards. While we all know that there is no such thing as a perfect set of design plans, we also all hope for a project to move through the design and build phases as seamlessly as possible. Unless you have X-ray vision or […]
What’s the secret to creating the perfect artificial grass field for soccer? It’s in finding the perfect balance between performance and safety. Schools with the best synthetic athletic facilities know that artificial turf infill is a critical system component when it comes to longevity and performance. Consider these 5 things when creating your ideal synthetic […]
Reduce, REUSE, recycle (your synthetic turf infill) Remember the 3-R’s? There’s a reason they’re in a particular order. It’s an order of importance. If we want to lower our carbon footprint, we should first look at how to reduce our consumption. Reducing decreases the need to deal with waste. Once we’ve reduced, then we should […]
In many ways it’s amazing that the US never got on board with the metric system. The metric system makes sense… factors of 10… what could be easier than that? Certainly not 12 inches to a foot and 16 ounces to a pound! We missed our boat in the 1970’s and 1980’s when the US […]
Creating the perfect artificial turf baseball field Baseball and synthetic turf go hand in hand. Not only does an artificial grass field mean stable, low maintenance playing conditions, but it gives your athletes a quantifiable home-field advantage. Envirofill and Safeshell turf infill, allow for a more natural playing surface so that ball interactions (ie bouncing […]
Whether you’re looking to install a brand new turf system at your school or recreation center, or you’d like to hone in on the best practices of maintaining an existing artificial grass field, use these golden rules of turf maintenance so that your synthetic turf athletic facilities are impeccable in quality and longevity. Turf systems […]
