Playground Rubber Mulch
Best Price on Bulk Rubber Mulch For Playgrounds
- Many colors to choose from on rubber mulch
- ASTM playground certified rubber mulch
- 99.9% Wire- free rubber mulch
- Public playgrounds use 6″ depth see safety specs below
- Home owner play set depth is 4″ see safety specs below
- Ships in 2000lb super sack bags or retail bags
- Rubber bendable curbs
- Rubber swing mats
- Rubber paver tiles
- We ship nationwide
Playground Rubber Mulch Safety And Fall Zone Specifications
RECOMMENDED 6″ DEPTH ON PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS
Some groups are calling for 9″ and the newest government handbook just released for November 2010 says no, a 6″ depth is correct for rubber mulch. See highlight below from new handbook:
“Never use less than 9 inches of loose-fill material except for shredded/recycled rubber (6 inches recommended). Shallower depths are too easily displaced and compacted.”
Government Handbook On Playground Safety Link
Please note PERFECT RUBBER MULCH uses 100% latex free paint coating but all passenger tire rubber mulch has latex in that rubber. Please be aware if your child has any latex allergy not to play on rubber mulch even with the painted coating.
Perfect Rubber Mulch has passed all the Detroit Testing Lab’s stringent ASTM testing for playground safety ground cover as well as the testing done on our wire content that has been rated 99.9% WIRE FREE. This is available upon request.
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Even the playground at the White House is using rubber mulch
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IPEMA RELEASES EPA STUDY ON RUBBER PLAYGROUND MULCH SAFETY
Perfect Rubber Mulch is a member of IPEMA and they just released the test results for using recycled rubber products in playgrounds. This should put to rest all the unfounded rumors that pop up and circulate the internet from time to time. RUBBER MULCH IS SAFE!
FOR IMMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1-12-10
Contact: Denise R. Calabrese, Executive Director
info@ipema.org
717-238-1744
Association Releases Information Regarding Use of Recycled Rubber on Playgrounds HARRISBURG – Recently, media reports have raised questions about the use of recycled rubber on playgrounds. As a leader of the play equipment and related materials industry, the International Play Equipment Manufacturers Association (IPEMA) investigated various studies and reports related to this issue. The investigations revealed the following facts: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently studied air and surface samples at four fields and playgrounds that use recycled tires – the same material that cushions the ground under the Obama family’s new play set at the White House. The limited study, conducted in August through October 2008, found that the concentrations of materials that made up tire crumb were below levels considered harmful. In addition, the overall study protocol and many of the methods were found to be appropriate and could be implemented in the field. (The details of the EPA’s study can be found at http://www.epa.gov/nerl/features/tire_crumbs.html) The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment of the California Environmental Protection Agency tested skin sensitization by playground surfaces made of recycled tires and found no sensitization observed suggesting that these surfaces would not cause skin sensitization in children, nor would they be expected to elicit skin reaction in children already sensitized to latex.
(Study dated January 2007 can be viewed at: www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Publications/Tires/62206013.pdf)
