Infill also enhances traction. This stability is essential in athletic fields, where secure footing is necessary for performance and safety. Furthermore, infill contributes to weight distribution preventing the turf from shifting or bunching up during use.
While infill offers these functional benefits, it also comes with notable environmental trade-off, these added microplastic infills are unbound and are therefore free to migrate. The migration of microplastic infills has been well documented and has long been a problem with players socks, pockets and boots filled with the microplastic infill after a game. The potential negative impact has spurred the search for more sustainable solutions, such as organic infill options as well as no-infill turf systems, which offer similar performance without environmental concerns.
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