Earth Day was on the 22nd April 2008, and many countries extend the courtesy and have an Earth Week where the goal is to “broaden the environmental movement worldwide and to educate and mobilize people, governments, and corporations to take responsibility for a clean and
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Earth Week Means More Rubber Mulch in Playgrounds
(via playgroundblog.com)
Submitted by mosher on Tue, 2008-05-06 16:24. | Tags: nature | Playground safety | playground surface | Rubber Mulch in Playgrounds | Tire Mulch
Rubberecycle Makes Playgrounds Safer
(via www.rubberecycle.com)
Used Tires Bounce Back. You don’t have to burn rubber to get the most out of your tires; let that rubber bounce back in an abundance of recycled rubber products. Discarded tires clog landfills to the tune of 250 million a year. Even worse, illegally piled tires burn for months in destructive fires, sending up acrid plumes of chemicals and air pollutants. Discarded tires even provide breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
Submitted by mosher on Wed, 2008-03-12 20:39. | Tags: nature | Playground Rubber Mulch | Recycled Tires | Rubber Mulch | Tire Mulch