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Sportex Group and tiger up! launch recycling cooperative
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Sportex Group and tiger up! (a subsidiary of TigerTurf UK Ltd) have announced a new working co-operative agreement to facilitate the UK’s first closed loop recycling facility for end- of-life synthetic turf facilities.
The move combines the unique technology of both companies to bring together a fully traceable and compliant recycling solution to ensure that all components from a synthetic turf pitch
can be separated, thoroughly cleaned, and most importantly
processed into a condition to be re-used within the sports facility construction industry.
Using Sportex’s existing recycling technology, reclaimed sand and SRB rubber that meets the existing standards of the industry will be available for re-use within sports facility projects. tiger up! current plastic agglomeration technology has been moved to Sportex’s existing recycling factory in Grangemouth, Scotland where a constant feed of un-filled end-of- life artificial turf will be processed.
The collaboration is the first of its kind for the industry
Study to identify ways to engage older adults in exercise
hAttpnse://wsaprceas.oerag.ruckh/gupidreo/cjoedcets-wof-ipllractice/ look into the reasons behind older adults not accessing sports facilities as often
as their younger peers. The £1.1m study is being
delivered through a partnership between the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) at Sheffield Hallam University, Manchester Metropolitan University
and exercise equipment specialist Innerva.
Among the areas of research will be the barriers faced by older adults to visiting facilities, as well as examining how operators could improve engagement with the demographic group.
The first results of the research will be revealed in November 2022.
New industry body wants reform
A new sport and physical activity industry body, called the National Sector Partners’ Group (NSPG), has called for radical reform to support the sector’s growth.
The NSPG is a partnership of seven existing organisations and the launch follows the publication of a report called Unlocking the potential, which sets out a vision for how to fully harness the sector
and improve the physical, mental and social wellbeing of the nation.
The new group includes ukactive, Active Partnerships, CIMSPA, the Local Government Association,
the Sport and Recreation
Alliance, Sport for Development Coalition and Youth Sport Trust. Among NSPG’s goals is to get
the government to engage in a collaboration to deliver tax breaks.
Physical activity body ukactive is among the seven organisations in NSPG
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