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 Peacock
The 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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