I read that you can use crumb rubber infill for artificial grass. Is that safe to use considering that it's made from tires?
 | Feb 6, 2020 1:53 AM |
Well, we don't make crumb rubber infills, nor we carry any crumb rubber products. We are the artificial grass manufacturer and not sure if and how crumb rubber infills is safe or harmful to be honest. We don't recommend to use crumb rubber infills unless independent testings been done to prove no harm.
As far as sport fields, I know that people are using crumb rubber for infills to achieve GMax fall ratings (to provide enough cushioning so to minimize the chances of people getting hurt while playing on the artificial grass surface). Up until now, crumb rubber is still widely used in the sports fields. Again, we don't recommend it for our turf unless projects are spec'ed with crumb rubber infill, we will require all the independent testings done on such products to go inside our artificial grass surface before approving it.
For all of residential and commercial landscape applications, we do not recommend crumb rubbers for our artificial grass. If people needs more cushioning for their artificial lawns, we will recommend to use shock pads or lawn pads instead, here is the link for our padding products:
 | Scott Pedrotti I will not use this crumb rubber infill too. I heard shock pad is recommended for those who have kids and want to install artificial grass. |
 | Indira Durnell I'm not sure what a crumb rubber infill is and I have not heard about it ever. Maybe it's best to use the ones recommended by a lot of people since they've already used it? |
 | Jose Checa I'm not sure crumb rubber infill is safe either. I didn't used that infill since my kids are always playing on the artificial grass. |
 | Feb 6, 2020 6:34 AM |
I've seen on the news, that more than 60 scientific studies conducted by federal, state and regulatory agencies found no link indicating negative health effects on synthetic turf from crumb rubber, therefore it is safe to use.