Melbourne - Sportfix Clean retains microplastics

Environmentally friendly drainage at major sports facility 

The award-winning Sportfix Clean filter channel system from Hauraton is being used in the south-east of the Australian metropolis of Melbourne. At the impressive IYU Recreation Reserve sports facility in Pakenham, the city is demonstrating a high level of environmental responsibility by using Sportfix Clean. Abrasion, pollutants and other micro-particles from artificial turf pitches are collected and retained. 

A comprehensive drainage solution with a high-performance filter system is essential, especially for a facility as versatile and extensive as the IYU Recreation Reserve. The area is the largest and most prestigious sports and football facility in the Cardinia Shire metropolitan district and has a synthetic athletics track - a 400-metre running track with a ten-lane straight, the islands for long jump/triple jump, pole vault, high jump, javelin throw, shot put, hammer/discus and steeplechase. The site has also included several ball fields and playing fields since 2017: a senior football pitch, an all-weather synthetic football pitch, a playground and a basketball half-court.