Many communities are renovating playgrounds using materials that were never proven safe for children's long-term use. As a ...

Persistence Market Research (PMR) provides an exclusive analysis of the global playground surface materials market in its revised report titled“ Playground Surface Materials Market: Global Industry ...

Rubber playground surface material may protect kids from some injuries but be harboring a different source of harm, a study in Boston suggests. Researchers tested lead levels in the soil, sand, mulch ...

A combination of government regulations and free market innovation has created playgrounds that are incredibly safe for kids… except if they die of boredom. All the fun stuff is gone, but boy is ...

Recycled rubber playground surfaces seem like a win-win situation. When children fall, they’re more likely to bounce than break bones. And the springy, low-maintenance ground cover, which is also used ...

AMHERST — Concerns over the viability of an unproven surface to be placed beneath a new playground at the new elementary school under construction on South East Street may prompt the use of more ...

Danette Stovall knows wipeouts are inevitable when children are climbing and sliding on outdoor play sets. So she asked for mulch to be placed under and around the climbing toys she had installed in ...

Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Ecore has partnered with Equinox Group, New York, to convert gym flooring into playground surfacing in Los Angeles. The project is part of Ecore’s TRUcircularity program, ...