From running tracks and basketball and tennis courts to playground surfaces and even synthetic turf for soccer and football fields, old athletic shoes and footwear manufacturing scraps can become new places to play – instead of landfill waste.

To create these surfaces, Nike partners with top-quality surfacing companies, providing them with Nike Grind materials and working together to develop innovative products usually containing between 10 and 40 percent Nike Grind:

• Outdoor Basketball Courts – Rebound Ace and Atlas Track & Tennis use Nike Grind Foam in outdoor basketball courts.
• Indoor Basketball and Volleyball Courts – Nike Grind Foam and Upper are used to create cushioning beneath these surfaces.
• Tracks – Atlas Track & Tennis mixes Nike Grind Rubber with virgin rubber to create synthetic indoor and outdoor running tracks.
• Soccer and Football Fields – Turf companies use Nike Grind Rubber granules as the infill – the “soil” – of a synthetic field.
• Tennis Courts – Our surfacing partner Rebound Ace uses Nike Grind Foam as a cushion below the playing surface, providing support and springiness for indoor and outdoor tennis courts.
• Playgrounds – Playtop creates impact-absorbing safety surfacing for playgrounds using Nike Grind Rubber.
• Interlocking Flooring Tiles – Using around 90 percent recycled rubber, Training Ground creates interlocking tiles for use in home gyms. It incorporates more than 25 percent pre-consumer Nike Grind Rubber, which gives it a colorful look as well.

To learn more about using Nike Grind in your next surfacing project, fill out the form to the right – or learn more about our surfacing partners.