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« on: November 18, 2019, 08:50:46 PM »
I'm sure I've watched a game over the week-end where the commentators have said that the little black rubber pellets dispersed onto plastic pitches will be banned and that clubs will now have to use sand.. that doesn't effect hybrids though that are 90% grass  but it will affect a few clubs.

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Re: Plastic
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2019, 08:59:08 PM »
Suspect it will be ones made from old tyres, which contain trace amounts of heavy metals like cadmium. Sand would be abrasive wouldn't it, wouldn't fancy sliding on it.
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Re: Plastic
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2019, 09:01:38 PM »
Some countries banned the black rubber bits as they contain carcinogens. Just as well most schools that have plastic pitches have used this type then.
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Re: Plastic
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2019, 09:15:35 PM »
Which is just another good reason why all plastic pitches should be banned.
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Re: Plastic
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2019, 09:21:32 PM »
Saw the thread title and thought it was a new Salarycens thread  :P
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Rifleman Harris

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Re: Plastic
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2019, 09:26:22 PM »
Isn't the black bits crumbed tyres? They are there large bits, the smaller particles can get breathed in which is where the problem lies. There's nasty stuff in tyres.

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Re: Plastic
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2019, 09:40:23 PM »
I wonder if that's the reason every team playing at the Allianz becomes tyred
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Rifleman Harris

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Re: Plastic
« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2019, 09:41:56 PM »
You are right, they do seem a bit flat when they play there.

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Re: Plastic
« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2019, 09:44:43 PM »
I'm feeling a little deflated
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Rifleman Harris

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Re: Plastic
« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2019, 09:46:05 PM »
I can imagine. You need to get pumped up.

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Re: Plastic
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2019, 09:50:14 PM »
I'm losing grip on this tread
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Re: Plastic
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2019, 10:02:14 PM »
Do you mean losing tread on this grip?
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Rifleman Harris

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Re: Plastic
« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2019, 10:07:44 PM »
People are going to have trouble with tracking on this thread.

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Re: Plastic
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2019, 10:15:51 PM »
Sorry to derail the thread a little, but Wuss use coconut husk, could be a potential alternative.
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Re: Plastic
« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2019, 10:37:16 PM »
Love playing devils advocate in this area as I’m doing some research in playing surfaces.

No increase in injury prevalence between grass and artificial.

Lots more game time that can be played on artificial.

Community benefits...

Agree that the rubbercrumb is a bit crap and any innovation away from it would be hugely celebrated.
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