AstroTurf leads innovation in synthetic turf technology, focusing on player welfare and environmental sustainability. The company introduced the Poligras Paris GT Zero system, the first carbon-neutral hockey turf, utilizing sustainable sugar cane for 80 percent of its composition. This advancement significantly reduces carbon emissions associated with traditional synthetic turf, saving around 73 tonnes of CO2 per pitch. The sustainable approach captures CO2 during the growth of sugar cane, presenting a solution to the pressing environmental challenges in sports. Certification from a consulting firm verifies the carbon footprint reduction as genuinely climate-neutral.
AstroTurf has developed the world's first carbon-neutral hockey turf, specifically engineered for Olympic competition. The Poligras Paris GT Zero system incorporates 80 percent bio-based materials derived from sustainably farmed sugar cane.
Traditional synthetic turf relies heavily on petroleum-based plastics, contributing to carbon emissions throughout the manufacturing process. By utilising a by-product of sugar cane processing, the new technology captures CO2 from the atmosphere.
Each standard hockey pitch using this technology saves approximately 73 tonnes of CO2 compared to conventional synthetic turf. The carbon footprint reduction has been independently certified, validating the surface as genuinely climate-neutral.
The third pressing of sugar cane, no longer useful for sugar production, provides the raw material for organic polyethylene that forms the foundation of this revolutionary surface.
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