Did you know that each tennis ball takes about 300 years to biodegrade? Every year, tennis players in Ireland and the UK put millions of tennis balls in landfill. It is estimated that globally, about 400 million tennis balls end up dumped each year. That's a lot of waste!

At Carrigaline Tennis Club, we want to play our part to promote sustainability. Until recently, our only option to reduce tennis ball waste was to donate some of the balls to charities for reuse. However, ultimately, these balls end up in landfill.  

While attending a webinar, organised by Tennis Ireland to promote sustainability in our sport, we became aware of a new Irish start up business called Dyuce, founded by Stephen Boylan. Dyuce has identified a solution for recycling tennis balls in Ireland that recycles the rubber and felt to be used in athletic footwear and equestrian paddocks. Dyuce offers a cost effective simple collection bin and subscription service for clubs who want to promote sustainability.  

Carrigaline Tennis Club is proud to be the first club in Munster to sign up for this initiative but hopefully, many more clubs will follow suit.  

So while we will continue to donate balls for training to H.A.R.T (Homeless Animal Rescue Team), we are delighted to be able to recycle with Dyuce - The Green Committee