Recycled Shoes are Underfoot at the Georgia Dome

The Atlanta Falcons football team is partnering with FieldTurf and the Georgia Dome to develop “FieldTurf Falcon Fill." Through the partnership, FieldTurf will use shoes collected from Falcons fans to create infill material for a new field.

Bins for rubber-sole shoe drop-offs will be located at all gates prior to Falcons home games.

“This is a unique and fun way for our fans to get involved with providing the materials for the infill for a new FieldTurf surface,” says Rich McKay, Falcons president. “This is also an environmentally friendly way for Falcons fans to dispose of their old or worn-out sneakers and running shoes. I’d like to invite our fans to participate in the ‘FieldTurf Falcon Fill.’”

The Atlanta Falcons currently play on FieldTurf, which was installed at the Dome in 2003. The team installed FieldTurf at its practice facility in 2005.

FieldTurf, based in Peachtree City, Ga., says more than 500 fields that are eight years old or older are still performing the way they were when its product was first installed.