page_title: Tennis ball
section_title: Disposal
hierarchical_section_title: Tennis ball / Disposal
caption_attribution_description: Español: Contenedor para recogida selectiva de pelotas de tenis para su reciclaje (tienda Decathlon, España)
context_page_description: A tennis ball is a ball designed for the sport of tennis. Tennis balls are fluorescent yellow at major sporting events, but in recreational play can be virtually any color. Tennis balls are covered in a fibrous felt which modifies their aerodynamic properties, and each has a white curvilinear oval covering it.
context_section_description: Each year approximately 325 million balls are produced, which contributes roughly 20,000 tonnes (22,000 short tons) of waste in the form of rubber that is not easily biodegradable.  Historically, tennis ball recycling has not existed. However, in 2015 three companies (Advanced Polymer Technology, Ace Surfaces and reBounces) joined together to create a recycling system that  incorporates recycled tennis balls into a tennis court surface. Balls from The Championships, Wimbledon are now recycled to provide field homes for the nationally threatened Eurasian harvest mouse. Other alternative available from 2013 is re-pressurizing them for reusage
caption: Recycling bin for tennis balls
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