Ground Covers
Here at Play Essentials Inc, we are very encouraged by the enthusiasm generated by our new Rubber Designs 100% recycled rubber molded landscape and safety surfacing products and are very excited about what the future holds. We’ve been working diligently with recycled materials, creating innovative surfacing and landscape products for the last 13 years and from the looks of the things the average consumer is now as excited as we are about the products we offer.
Many of us are starting to understand that recycling is about “Closing The Loop”. This recycling infographic illustrates the “Closed Loop Program” which utilizes rubber waste stream as a feed stock for product fabrication. In an effort to balance an economically viable rubber products program with a meaningful sustainable model, Play Essentials’s Products used a 45% waste stream recovery goal. This would generate approximately 36,900 lbs. of feed stock per month for product fabrication; the equivalent of removing about 3,600 tires from the waste stream monthly.
As manufacturers, we have dedicated ourselves to educating the public on the benefits of recycled products and how they can play an integral part in creating beautiful gardening, landscape and surfacing solutions. Part of the process is helping the customer to understand that recycling is not simply about making products out of discarded materials but about consumers actually purchasing these recycled products. In order to succeed with this daunting task we are committed to introducing only the highest quality end products into the marketplace, allowing the consumer to purchase something they will truly enjoy along with the “Feel Good” part that comes along with going “Green”.
The features and benefits of our “Green” friendly, LEED Qualified landscape and surfacing products far outweigh their natural stone, tile, brick, and concrete counterparts. From sustainability to comfort, we are confident that our products will exceed even the most discerning of buyers. Please allow Play Essentials Products to help bring you to the next level of Surfacing, Landscaping & Home Gardening.
SURFACING
The Consumer Product Safety Council (CPSC) estimates that about 60% of all playground equipment related accidents result from falls to the ground surface. About three-fourths of all fall-related deaths reported to CPSC involved head injuries. If the surface beneath the play equipment is unyielding (such as concrete or asphalt), serious head injuries can result from falls. Therefore, the CPSC recommends that a RESILIENT SURFACE be applied to the ground surface beneath the playground equipment.
Play Essentials strongly urges all purchasers of our equipment to comply with these recommendations for safety and liability purposes. The following surfacing options meet the current CPSC recommendation (4.5) and ASTM F 1951 Standard for ADA accessible surface material and the ASTM 1292 Standard for impact attenuation.
As a part of our safety surface installation package, we include a custom designed play equipment site plan to locate borders and surfacing to be installed by our professional equipment crew.