How To Recycle Old Tennis Balls

For many people, sports is a great way to stay active, with clubs to help people learn and keep fit. However, recreational tennis players may have to change their tennis balls every 4 to 6 hours of play. So what is the best course of action with all the tennis balls that are past their peak performance?

Throughout this blog post I will explore, how to recycle tennis balls and where they can be given a further lease of life.

How to Recycle Tennis Balls

Depending on your location and the resources available to you, there are several ways to recycle tennis balls. Here are a few options:

Donate Them — Schools

As someone who works in a school, we often use tennis balls for you guessed it, tennis, as well as a range of other sports such as cricket. Additionally, these balls can be good for catching, throwing, bouncing and more. Sadly, with school budgets being ever tightened, a donation might be well received.

Donate Them — Animal Shelter

While the dogs are not likely to play tennis, though that has got me thinking, these furry canines can play with these balls, so the quality is not as big of a concern. You could see if anyone living near you who has a dog would like a few additional tennis balls to replace any that have gone missing.

Benefits of Recycling Tennis Balls

Recycling tennis balls has several benefits, including:

• Reducing waste: By recycling tennis balls, we can reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills and conserve natural resources.
• Conserving energy: Recycling tennis balls requires less energy than producing new ones from raw materials.
• Supporting sustainable tennis: By participating in tennis ball recycling programs, we can support the development of sustainable tennis practices and promote environmental responsibility within the tennis industry.

Recycle — Rebounce

Rebounce explains you can box and send them tennis balls for recycling; however, it appears you have to contact them and discuss how many you are sending and perhaps then a cost is determined for postage. Though, they note that the recycling process is free.

Recycle — Recycleballs

Recycleballs allows dog owners in America to buy cheap boxes of 100 tennis balls, helping save you money. Additionally, the charity accepts donations via its website. On their recycle page, a minimum donation of $5 is required to help fund the scheme and postage label. The charity asks for atleast 100 and no more than 300 balls to be given at any time, and for the quantity to be indicated on the box.

Recycle — Recycaball

Uk based Recycaball is aimed at recycling tennis balls from clubs, however unlike the above sites, this one will pay you. While the company has limits on what they will and won't accept, if you meet their specifications you can help recoup some cost forked out on these balls. The company explains that they redistribution into other industries and applications.

Recycle — Circularball

Cirularball boasts they are the 'world's only producer of new circular tennis and padel balls. Powered by the collection of your old balls.' Additionally, they explain that the entire ball (cloth and rubber) is 100% recycled back into new tennis and padel balls, and other circular products. While the details appear to be limited, they offer a 110 litre bin as well as bags. Once one bin (425 balls) or 6 bags (2550 balls) are, a collection can be arranged.

Recycle — Dyuce

Dyuce operates in the UK and explain they fully recycle all balls in any condition at our recycling facility in the UK. Their systems holds 250 balls and can be put in locations such as on a fence for easy use. The company explains the recycling process and says that the 'recycled rubber from our balls is reused in circular rubber products including soles for athletic footwear among other applications.'

Giving tennis balls an extra lease of life or recycling them helps to reduce waste and conserve natural resources, so next time you're about to throw away an old tennis ball, think twice and consider giving it a new life.