TenCate Americas and Triton Group have announced a recycling partnership that will convert plastic recovered from retired synthetic turf fields into composite railroad ties. iSustain, which brought the two companies together, is also a party to the agreement.
Triton is building the capacity to process up to 350,000 pounds of recovered turf plastic per month. Over five years, that adds up to 21 million pounds, roughly the amount recovered from 600 to 800 turf fields, and enough for more than 300,000 composite ties.
Under the agreement, TenCate recovers material from retired fields, separates the sand and rubber infill, and ships the baled turf to Triton. Triton processes it into a clean post-consumer resin for the Triton Tie, a glass fiber-reinforced composite tie designed to replace wood. Processing is targeted to begin April 1, 2027, once a new production line is complete.
“Every generation of turf should be better than the last, including what happens when it’s time to replace it,” said Joe Fields, CEO of TenCate Americas.
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