Annually, an estimated of 200,000 kids in this country are taken to the hospitals’ emergency rooms due to injuries related to playground activities. To avoid such injuries, a playground has to have proper surfacing that will consistently absorb shocks. By maintaining and regularly checking the playground equipment and giving proper shock-absorber surfacing, playground can be a safe and entertaining place for your kids. Selection of playground surfacing material has to be done with utmost care, since it is one of the important aspects that constitute playground’s safety standards.
According to shock absorption test done by the U.S. Testing Company, Inc. and the Consumer Products Safety Commission, the best shock absorber of a fall is recycled rubber. Recycled rubber ranks atop other popular playground surfacing materials, including pea gravel, wood mulch, bark mulch and uniform wood chips, respectively. Recycled rubber such as Rubberecycle’s Playsafer Rubber Mulch is shredded rubber or granular rubber particles made of recycled tire. Some of the advantages of recycled rubber playground surfacing are that they are odor-free, non-abrasive and they will not breed or attract insects. In addition to these, rubber mulch requires minimum maintenance, reduces dust and mud, and they retain resiliency year-round. Find high quality rubber mulch from reputable manufacturer, that is ADA-approved and conforms to all CPSC safety guidelines to make your playground a safe place for your little ones to play.
