Reuse the past,
Recycle the present, Preserve the future.
Reuse the past,
Recycle the present, Preserve the future.
Over 4 million tennis balls end up in landfills each year. To make matters worse, they never decompose. Luckily, there are many easy ways to recycle tennis balls regardless of your age or role in the tennis community.
Scroll down to learn more about ways to recycle tennis balls!
Over 4 million tennis balls end up in landfills each year. To make matters worse, they never decompose. Luckily, there are many easy ways to recycle tennis balls regardless of your age or role in the tennis community.
Scroll down to learn more about ways to recycle tennis balls!
USA/Canada: RecycleBalls
RecycleBalls is leading the charge in promoting sustainable life cycles for tennis balls across North America. Through large-scale collection networks, innovative reuse strategies, and impactful recycling campaigns, they transform discarded balls into playgrounds, tennis courts, and shoe soles. Their work ensures millions of tennis balls avoid landfills each year, turning waste into lasting community and environmental impact.
USA/Canada: RecycleBalls
RecycleBalls is leading the charge in promoting sustainable life cycles for tennis balls across North America. Through large-scale collection networks, innovative reuse strategies, and impactful recycling campaigns, they transform discarded balls into playgrounds, tennis courts, and shoe soles. Their work ensures millions of tennis balls avoid landfills each year, turning waste into lasting community and environmental impact.
UK: Circularball
Circularball is the UK’s first fully traceable tennis and padel ball recycling solution. They collect used balls from clubs and venues, recycle both the cloth and rubber locally, and transform them into new, UK‑made circular products, keeping materials in the loop and out of landfill.
UK: Circularball
Circularball is the UK’s first fully traceable tennis and padel ball recycling solution. They collect used balls from clubs and venues, recycle both the cloth and rubber locally, and transform them into new, UK‑made circular products, keeping materials in the loop and out of landfill.
France/Belgium: Bounce
Bounce Circular empowers clubs to minimize their environmental footprint through simple, impactful recycling. Clubs use Bounce bins to collect used tennis and padel balls, submit a collection request on the Bounce platform, and enjoy next-day retrieval, ensuring over 95% of balls are recycled. Since 2024, they've helped recycle over 200,000 balls, collaborating with national federations to sustain a circular ecosystem.
France/Belgium: Bounce
Bounce Circular empowers clubs to minimize their environmental footprint through simple, impactful recycling. Clubs use Bounce bins to collect used tennis and padel balls, submit a collection request on the Bounce platform, and enjoy next-day retrieval, ensuring over 95% of balls are recycled. Since 2024, they've helped recycle over 200,000 balls, collaborating with national federations to sustain a circular ecosystem.
Netherlands: Renewaball
Renewaball has created the world’s first fully circular tennis and padel ball. They collect used balls from clubs, separate felt and rubber, and recycle the components into new Renewaballs. These balls feature lime-grown wool and cotton felt, 100% biodegradable and free of microplastics, with at least 30% recycled material, reducing the carbon footprint 29%.
Netherlands: Renewaball
Renewaball has created the world’s first fully circular tennis and padel ball. They collect used balls from clubs, separate felt and rubber, and recycle the components into new Renewaballs. These balls feature lime-grown wool and cotton felt, 100% biodegradable and free of microplastics, with at least 30% recycled material, reducing the carbon footprint 29%.
China: GreenTennis
GreenTennis is pioneering China’s first large-scale collection and repurposing system for tennis balls. By working directly with local schools, clubs, and facilities, GreenTennis China is creating the infrastructure needed to keep balls out of landfills and transform them into new, sustainable uses. This initiative not only reduces waste but also sets a model for eco-friendly tennis practices across Asia.
China: GreenTennis
GreenTennis is pioneering China’s first large-scale collection and repurposing system for tennis balls. By working directly with local schools, clubs, and facilities, GreenTennis China is creating the infrastructure needed to keep balls out of landfills and transform them into new, sustainable uses. This initiative not only reduces waste but also sets a model for eco-friendly tennis practices across Asia.
Czech Republic: Dropp Tennis
Dropp Tennis tackles tennis ball waste head-on. In Europe, millions of balls end up in landfill each year, yet less than 0.1% are recycled. Dropp invites players and clubs to change that, offering an easy, actionable way to save balls from landfills and drastically reduce tennis’s environmental footprint.
Czech Republic: Dropp Tennis
Dropp Tennis tackles tennis ball waste head-on. In Europe, millions of balls end up in landfill each year, yet less than 0.1% are recycled. Dropp invites players and clubs to change that, offering an easy, actionable way to save balls from landfills and drastically reduce tennis’s environmental footprint.
USA/Canada: RecycleBalls
RecycleBalls is leading the charge in promoting sustainable life cycles for tennis balls across North America. Through large-scale collection networks, innovative reuse strategies, and impactful recycling campaigns, they transform discarded balls into playgrounds, tennis courts, and shoe soles. Their work ensures millions of tennis balls avoid landfills each year, turning waste into lasting community and environmental impact.
UK: Circularball
Circularball is the UK’s first fully traceable tennis and padel ball recycling solution. They collect used balls from clubs and venues, recycle both the cloth and rubber locally, and transform them into new, UK‑made circular products, keeping materials in the loop and out of landfill.
France/Belgium: Bounce
Bounce Circular empowers clubs to minimize their environmental footprint through simple, impactful recycling. Clubs use Bounce bins to collect used tennis and padel balls, submit a collection request on the Bounce platform, and enjoy next-day retrieval, ensuring over 95% of balls are recycled. Since 2024, they've helped recycle over 200,000 balls, collaborating with national federations to sustain a circular ecosystem.
Netherlands: Renewaball
Renewaball has created the world’s first fully circular tennis and padel ball. They collect used balls from clubs, separate felt and rubber, and recycle the components into new Renewaballs. These balls feature lime-grown wool and cotton felt, 100% biodegradable and free of microplastics, with at least 30% recycled material, reducing the carbon footprint 29%.
China: GreenTennis
GreenTennis is pioneering China’s first large-scale collection and repurposing system for tennis balls. By working directly with local schools, clubs, and facilities, GreenTennis China is creating the infrastructure needed to keep balls out of landfills and transform them into new, sustainable uses. This initiative not only reduces waste but also sets a model for eco-friendly tennis practices across Asia.
Czech Republic: Dropp Tennis
Dropp Tennis tackles tennis ball waste head-on. In Europe, millions of balls end up in landfill each year, yet less than 0.1% are recycled. Dropp invites players and clubs to change that, offering an easy, actionable way to save balls from landfills and drastically reduce tennis’s environmental footprint.
Recycling with RecycleBalls
Recycling with RecycleBalls
Starting a US Chapter: Easy as 1, 2, 3!
Want to start a recycling chapter at your club, facility, or institution?
Follow the 3 simple steps to the right!
Have > 100 tennis balls?
If you have more than 100 tennis balls to recycle and want to do it from the comfort of your home, visit https://www.recycleballs.org/quick-label-page-2024/ and simply fill out a form to receive a shipping label for your tennis balls.
Have < 100 tennis balls?
If you have < 100 balls, locate the nearest recycling club near you to donate them.
Recycling with RecycleBalls
Starting a US Chapter: Easy as 1, 2, 3!
Want to start a recycling chapter at your club, facility, or institution?
Follow the 3 simple steps to the right!
Have > 100 tennis balls?
If you have more than 100 tennis balls to recycle and want to do it from the comfort of your home, visit https://www.recycleballs.org/quick-label-page-2024/ and simply fill out a form to receive a shipping label for your tennis balls.
Have < 100 tennis balls?
If you have < 100 balls, locate the nearest recycling club near you to donate them.
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