Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 46223
Football: Sportsgrounds
Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she had made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of 3G football pitches on the environment.
Answer
Stephanie PeacockThe Government is aware of the potential impacts which 3G, or Artificial Grass Pitches (AGPs), have on the environment. The most prominent of these impacts relates to the spread of rubber infill (also known as ‘rubber crumb’) - which contains harmful micr...
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