We hear about it every day: how the use of synthetic materials is destroying the environment, how landfills are rapidly filling to the point of capacity, and how non-biodegradable materials are slowly taking over the planet.
In today’s world of global awareness, recycling has become a rallying cry for the environmentally conscientious. As environmentalists struggle with questions of global proportions, here’s some great news for the general populace: there is an environmentally-friendly solution for at least one non-biodegradable material. And it’s happening right in our playgrounds.
What can be done with all those hundreds of thousands of used car tires that are too worn out for driving, but don’t plan on disintegrating for the next one million years? Believe it or not, used car tires have acquired an all-new identity: they become the all-new, environmentally-friendly playground surfacing—rubber mulch.
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