97%
of tennis balls end up in either landfill or incineration
With every hit a regular tennis ball spreads lots of
micro plastic particles
in the air
Tennis balls
hardly ever
decompose
Collecting, shredding, separating used balls
Processing of rubber granulate & felt
Creating a new ball, with bio-felt cloth
5.5
million tennis balls
are used in the Netherlands every year alone
5.3
million tennis balls
in the Netherlands immediately end up, after use, as landfill or in incineration
3%
first makes a detour
via a dog mouth or tow bar
18
million kilos of material
is used to produce
300
million tennis balls
annually, worldwide