How to make playgrounds safer and recycle!

Recycling is important and it's true people are becoming more aware of what we can be doing to save our environment and save money. I used to have one rubbish bin, now in 2008 I have bin for everything from paper to plastic bottles. It's true as well, if I don't use these bins I feel guilty and have to stop myself from being lazy and put it in the correct recycling bin!

So how can we take this into our playgrounds, save money and save the environment?

Easy - use a safety surface thats recycled. Spongy Surfaces use recycled rubber made from recycling tryes, which are free of metal stones and fabric, mixed together with binders this can form a basis for a safety surface called SBR.

By recyling these tyres it stops the tyres going to landfills as we are putting it back into life system. The more awareness we can bring to these types of projects the better, as its the children playing in these playgrounds that will benefit from there environment later on in life and over generations the awareness will start to have an effect on everyone. Who would of thought 5 years ago, I would have so many bins...times are changing and if we can all make a small difference it will eventually make a big difference.

So it is true playgrounds are becoming a safer place and better for the environment!

Check out our website to see these recycled tyres in action...at www.spongysurfaces.com