Last year, brothers Ricky and James Ecklord were playing on a tennis court near their Monmouth County home and were taken aback by the number of abandoned tennis balls. Some were torn to shreds by lawnmowers, hidden under trees or just sitting on the courts.
GOING GREEN: James (left) and Ricky Ecklord got tired of seeing loose tennis balls sitting around courts, so they embarked on an environmentally friendly project to recycle them. (Supplied Photo)
“We could not believe that players just left the their used tennis balls there with no regard for the environment,” said Ricky, an incoming senior at the Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft. James is an incoming sophomore.
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