About Amin Marei

Amin Marei is a competitive tennis player and the founder of BounceBack, a sustainability project focused on repurposing used tennis balls into functional furniture. Based in Cairo, his work sits at the intersection of sport, design, and environmental responsibility, and starts from his own experience as an athlete.

Upcycling Tennis Balls – Confronting the Environmental Cost of a Sport I Love

I spend a lot of time on a tennis court. As a competitive player, training and competing are part of my daily routine, and tennis is something I absolutely love. Tennis balls were always just part of the background. We opened a can, played for a few hours, they would lose their bounce and then we replaced them. That cycle felt normal. I never questioned it or stopped to think what happened after I was done using them. Until I did. The Environmental Cost of Tennis After a typical practice session, I looked over to the side of the court … Continue reading