Earth ball joins recycling effort
Posted on 20. May, 2009 by admin in Green Business
Where do old golf balls go to die? Preferably to Dixon Golf, and not your local landfill, where they could remain intact for decades.
The Arizona-based company markets a golf ball, the Earth ED, but it will also take any golf ball for recycling. The Earth ball is a two-piece construction, made of a polymer that Dixon CEO Dane Platt says is recyclable. “We grind it up until it’s fine dust,” he says. “The dust can be used for other things.”
Platt says the company received 38,000 used balls on Earth Day. Some were Dixon products, others were a variety of brands, many of which contain elements of heavy metals. Platt says a process for recycling those balls is being developed.
Joe Burbee, the director of golf at Bay Creek Resort in Cape Charles, Va., says recycling balls, other than reclaiming them from ponds and selling them used, is new. “All we can do now is throw them away,” says Burbee, who buys 2,500 dozen each year for Bay Creek’s driving range. “The problem is the expense of shipping the balls.”
The Earth ball (suggested retail of $39.99 per dozen) can be purchased at selected retailers listed at the company’s website (dixongolf.com). The company offers a $1 credit for one Dixon ball toward the purchase of a new one and 50-cent credit on a Dixon ball for any other brand returned.
By Jerry Potter, USA TODAY
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