Wood chips and pea gravel infill became typical sights at playgrounds. But over the years, recycled tire rubber -- both shredded and ground into ... mulch and rubber mats, published in the ...

MILWAUKEE -- There were massive flames and thick, black smoke as a playground on Milwaukee's north side burned to the ground on Sunday ... The paper then lit the rubber mat on fire, which spread ...

While ground cover plants are often referred to as living mulch because they'll eventually spread and cover the soil with a ...

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 ...

If you need a ground cover for a sloped yard, consider creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis). This easy-care evergreen ...

These city playgrounds aren’t for child’s play. Black rubber mats designed to break a child’s fall turn blistering hot in the summer, soaring to higher than 165 degrees, a Daily News ...

But here's the full list from the city's parks department. Some of the playgrounds have a poured in place rubber mat. Others have rubber tiles. So if you're tired of pulling out sand or mulch from ...

Parents told News 12 that their children are slipping and falling over the deteriorating rubber mats at the Fort Independence Playground in Kingsbridge. A petition online demands the problem get ...

WAPAKONETA —First on the Moon, Inc. announced Thursday that it has received materials for the rubber surface ... two layers and will cover 700 square feet under the playground.

And in the next installment in our series on playgrounds with rubber mats, here's where to find them in Cary. I'm talking about those springy surfaces under slides, swings and monkey bars in place ...