ASI Europe opens purification centre in Norway
Advanced Sports Installations Europe (ASIE) has entered into a cooperation agreement with Øvre Romerike Waste Company IKS (ØRAS) for the cleaning of discarded artificial grass sports fields at the waste facility in Dal Skog, Norway. The agreement includes storage and sorting within ØRAS area where the company is authorized to receive such materials.
The cooperation that ASIE has entered into with ØRAS provides the opportunity to work on reuse, material recovery and energy utilization of discarded sports fields.
ASIE is offering the full range of services from installation of artificial grass to removal, cleaning, re-use and recycling of end-of-life artificial grass materials. ASIE has over 25 years of experience in handling artificial grass in 26 countries in Europe.
Much research and development are being conducted on the use of alternative "infill" in artificial grass fields, but it is a fact that there are approx. 1700 artificial grass fields with rubber granules only in Norway. There are at least 20 000 fields in Europe with average lifespan of 10 years creating huge number ow waste stream. It is important to have sound and approved receiving and processing solutions that promote the reuse and recycling of materials when discarded. This is in line with the waste regulations and national environmental targets. It is also important that this circular concept can reduce the need for transport of discarded fields and the consumable materials.
ASIE is now working with partners on operating routines, environmental risk assessments and plans for the operational activities across Europe.
It is important to have sound and approved receiving and processing solutions that promote the reuse and recycling of materials
Headquartered in the Estonian capital Tallinn and operating in 26 EU countries, Advanced Sports Installations Europe (ASIE) has more than 25 years’ experience in handling artificial grass. The company has entered into a co-operation agreement with Øvre Romerike Waste Company IKS (ØRAS) for the cleaning of discarded artificial grass sports fields at the waste facility in Dal Skog, Norway.
This is set to become known as the first purification centre in Europe and aiming to sort and reuse all materials locally.
Modern artificial grass sports field materials are designed to last longer, so the aim of the purification centre is to promote circularity in recycling sports fields, including the reuse of the plastic components from the artificial grass system in new application in other industries.
The agreement includes storage and sorting where the company is authorised to receive such materials.
The co-operation that ASIE has entered into with ØRAS provides the opportunity to work on the reuse, material recovery and energy utilisation of discarded sports fields.
ASIE offers a full range of services from the installation of artificial grass to its removal, including cleaning, re-use and recycling of end-of-life artificial grass materials.
Much research and development is being conducted on the use of alternative ‘infill’ in artificial grass fields, but there are approximately 1,700 artificial grass fields with rubber granules in Norway alone. There are at least 20,000 fields in Europe with average lifespans of 10 years – all creating huge numbers of waste streams. It is important, therefore, to have sound and approved receiving and processing solutions that promote the reuse and recycling of materials when discarded. This is in line with waste regulations and national environmental targets. It is also important that this circular concept can reduce the need for the transport of discarded artificial fields and the consumable materials.
At the end of a field’s lifetime, once reusing is no longer economically viable, worn out plastics are agglomerated with semi-mobile machinery and the product used in the plastics industry. Replacing virgin materials with the agglomerate, a wide range of products including construction beams and terrace floors, to name just two examples, can be produced.
ASIE is now working with partners on operating routines, environmental risk assessments and plans for operational activities across Europe.
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