Tennis and pickleball ball recycling

A 16-year-old with the Another Bounce charity asked the city to require ball recycling at clubs and parks, noting 125 million tennis balls are trashed yearly in the US.

A 16-year-old Beverly Hills tennis player urged the city to become the first to require public and private facilities to recycle balls.

A junior board member of Another Bounce cited explosive growth in tennis and pickleball — 27 million and 24 million players respectively — and the resulting waste.

A nationally ranked junior pickleball player described seeing discarded balls on trails and in oceans and said the group has already collected 3,000 balls this month.

Twin of Ford and fellow junior tour player, he described recycling solutions including turning old balls into plastic lumber for benches and courts.

A 16-year-old junior board member noted the Beverly Hills Tennis Club already recycles balls and asked the council to pioneer a citywide ordinance.

A former Beverly Hills resident and junior board member urged the council to lead on recycling, saying 500 million balls are discarded yearly with almost none recycled.

A 15-year-old community member and junior board member said only about 1% of the 500 million balls sold yearly get recycled and asked the city to pass an ordinance.

Representing Habits of Waste's Another Bounce program, asked for the item to be heard on a future agenda with the goal of requiring recycling at all private clubs and parks.

A 15-year-old junior board member said Beverly Hills is uniquely positioned to lead and that a local ordinance would set a standard for other cities.

A 16-year-old tennis player described coaches and tournaments discarding balls after short use and asked the city to require recycling at all facilities.

The Beverly Hills High alumna and founder of Habits of Waste — whose cutlery campaign the city adopted — urged the council to start the 'ripple' with ball recycling on the eve of Earth Day.