Playground Safety Surface - Kid-Safe Playground Safety Surface for Schools, Parks, Home and Commercial Play Areas. Durable, eco-friendly playground material.

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Pinnacle Rubber Mulch » Why Use Rubber Mulch for Playgrounds?

Playground Rubber Mulch

Playground Rubber Mulch is the perfect choice as a safety surface for your home, school, municipal or private playground. Compared with wood mulch and other surfaces, Pinnacle Rubber Mulch is much safer, more cost-effective, durable, environmentally-friendly and lower-maintenance (you save time and hassle by removing the need to re-apply your safety surfacing once or twice every year). Plus, rubber mulch is clean and safe - minimizing airborne dust and particles and removing the risk of wood splinters.

Did you know that 79% of playground injuries are caused by falls? With more than 200,000 children injured each year as a result of playground falls (as reported by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Council), safety surfacing is the most vital component of playground construction. A six inch layer of Pinnacle Rubber Mulch protects a child’s fall from as high as 16 feet.

As a playground safety surface, the same depth of recycled rubber mulch will cushion a child’s fall better from 8 to 12 feet than grass, dirt, engineered wood fiber (wood mulch), rubber tiles or poured in place surfaces. Rubber Mulch is the perfect choice as a safety surface for your home playground, school playground, municipal playground or private playground. Pinnacle Rubber Mulch has been certified by the International Play Equipment Manufacturers Association (IPEMA).

Pinnacle Playground Rubber Mulch is the ideal solution for your playground because it:

• Offers superior fall height and impact protection
• Does not harbor pests like insects, rodents or spiders
• Will not splinter, crack, blow away or wash away
• Lasts significantly longer (at least 12 years)
• Will not absorb water, helping to prevent mud
• Affords ADA-Qualified wheelchair accessibility
• Is IPEMA Certified
• Helps the environemnt by providing a sustainable product that keeps millions of tires out of landfills each year
• Saves you time, money and effort by not having to replace your playground surfacing every year
• Can earn your playground project green building (LEED) credits

The real question is why aren't you using Pinnacle Playground Rubber Mulch?


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Pinnacle Rubber Mulch is nontoxic and non-staining – the color will not rub off on children or pets, even in the rain. Plus, rubber mulch is clean, minimizes airborne dust and particles, and will not result in painful splinters like wood mulch. Available in six colors, Pinnacle Playground Rubber Mulch is a superior solution for every playground project.

Environmentally Safe for Kids and Pets (and you)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has endorsed the use of recycled rubber to cushion the surfaces of children’s playgrounds. For more information, visit www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/tools/cpg/products/playgrnd.htm.

Read the IPEMA Safety Summary about the use of Recycled Rubber in Playground Surfaces. In as many as 100 studies in state after state, researchers have reached the same conclusion...

Recycled rubber poses no significant health or environmental risk.

Make your playgrounds safer, more efficient and more beautiful with Pinnacle Playground Rubber Mulch.