Just like with rubber mulch curbing or other products – old rubber tires have been put to good use and recycled. In this story, the recycled tires are going to make the weight room floor matting at a new middle school in Canada.
The project was funded by the Community Demonstration Grant Program. Stz’uminus Secondary School and matched dollars up to $20,000. The school will be completed in a year.
The weight room’s floor will be made entirely of tires collected and recycled by Tire Stewardship BC. “More than 420,000 pounds recycled crumb rubber, the equivalent of 19,000 tires, will be used in projects.”
The benefits of recycled rubber products include: accessibility for wheelchairs on playground surfaces, better cushioning for joints on athletics tracks, low maintenance and easy upkeep.
We recently wrote about a Study Confirming the Safety of Recycled Rubber for Playgrounds and Athletic Fields. It looks like they made a good choice — hopefully more schools will consider this as a safer, greener and longer lasting gym surface.
See www.tirestewardshipbc.ca for information about the grants.
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Tags: playground, Recycling, Rubber, rubber mulch, Tire
