The impending introduction of new EU legislation concerning microplastics has caused much confusion around the use of ...

"There's no good answer." County officials debate ban on popular material found in playgrounds and athletic fields: 'Once you ...

The legislation specifies that synthetic infill materials consist of human-made products such as coated crumb rubber whereas organic ... that any future artificial turf installation will require ...

Ground-up tires converted into rubber crumbs are commonly used as infill material on artificial turf fields, like the ones at Twin Creeks Sports Complex in Sunnyvale. (Joseph Geha/KQED) The most ...

As demand for playing fields continues to grow, a push by the City of Palo Alto and Santa Clara County to switch from synthetic turf to natural grass is facing increasing pushback from soccer clubs ...

A nearly yearlong effort to ban artificial turf on Santa Clara County-owned properties has failed after the Board of Supervisors was unable to come to a consensus on the much debated topic.

a substance that is used as “infill” on the upper layer of the turf to support the blades of artificial grass. The Boulware Park playground, by contrast, uses poured in-place rubber cushion ...