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Artificial turf covers more than 50 million
residential yards and over 30 million acres of
American ground. |
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A 1986
Gallup survey found that manicured landscaping
adds nearly 15% to the value of American homes. |
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As
defined by the Garden Club of America, a yard is
“a plot with a single type of grass with no
intruding weeds, kept mown at a height of an inch
and a half, uniformly green, and neatly edged.” |
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Through
1999, SRI Sports controlled 90% of the market
share, and then filed bankrupt in February of
2004. |
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According to Players Turf Systems corporate, the
company has grown to be one of the undisputed
industry leaders in synthetic turf with their
recent expansion of offices in Illinois, Kansas,
and Florida with plans for additional offices in
California and New York. |
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The
Natural Xeriscape Council reports that up to 30%
of urban water use on the East Coast, and 60% in
the West, goes to watering lawns. |
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The
average suburban lawn consumes 10,000 gallons
water each year. |
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Golf
courses soak up to 500,000-800,000 gallons every
day. |
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Commissioners in Clark County, Nevada, voted in
2003 to restrict planting turf in common areas of
residential developments, to ban grass lawn at all
commercial developments, and to halt construction
of golf courses using more than 45 acres of turf
for fairways and greens and 5 acres for driving
ranges. |
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The
Southern Nevada Water Authority offers homeowners
a dollar for each square foot of lawn that is
covered to less thirsty landscaping, including
artificial turf. |
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According to the EPA, more than 70 million pounds
of active pesticide ingredients. |
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Homeowners
use 10 times more pesticide per acre of lawn than
American farms use per acre of crops. |
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Americans use between 3 and 6 million tons of
fertilizer on residential lawn each year. |
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Since
Players Turf Systems synthetic turf needs no
regular chemical treatment, it eliminates a major
source of non-point-source groundwater pollution
and human exposure to chemicals. |
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According to the EPA, 90 million lawn and garden
machines in the US consume hundreds of millions of
gallons of gasoline. |
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5% of
the countries emissions come from lawn machines. |
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EPA
data reveals that 31 million tons of yard waste
and trimmings are landfilled each year,
representing almost 17% of municipal solid waste. |
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According to the Institute of Real Estate
Management, maintaining natural turfgrass costs
$3,500-$10,000 per acre each year. |
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A
Division I school spends between $70,000 and
$100,000 per year to maintain a natural field. |
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The
opportunity for continuous play means that one
artificial field often accommodates two or three
times the playing time of a natural field. |
