Japan Opens Environmentally Friendly Ice-Free Skating Rink

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A unit of Mitsubishi Plastics Inc. is providing panels for artificial skating rinks that require absolutely no ice.

The petro-based resin panels are made in Spain, measuring 1.965 meters by 0.965 meter, and are available for both domestic ice skating and hockey rinks. Um…one ice skating rink, please. Hold the ice.

Ice skating rinks use huge amounts of water, and the cooling systems are anything but eco-friendly. However, I have to say that a rink made of recycled plastics would have been a nicer touch.

One of the first ice-free rinks just opened in Toyama, Japan and measures 300-square-meters. 

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Jerry is a web developer, part-time blogger and a full-time environmentalist. His crusade for all things eco started twenty years ago when he ditched his meat-and-potatoes upbringing for something more vegetarian-shaped.

He currently works at Care2 and also blogs over at Treehugger. His passions include green tech, eco politics and smart green design. And while he doesn't own a car anymore, he loves to write about those too.

Jerry studied at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA. During his time there he was a DJ at the campus station KCPR and he also wrote for the campus paper.

Jerry currently resides in San Francisco, CA with his cat Lola.

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  5. Japanese game shows are going to have a field day by adding these ice-less panels into their already funny collection of obstacle courses. I can’t wait.

  6. Japanese game shows are going to have a field day by adding these ice-less panels into their already funny collection of obstacle courses. I can’t wait.

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