On a recent visit to a new playground, I was alarmed to see that shredded tire mulch had been chosen as ground cover. For years the public, media and government leaders nationwide have expressed ...

The shredded tire mulch in East Durham Park will be replaced after parent concerns about potential health hazards. While city staff members had been waiting on an Environmental Protection Agency study ...

The Mahwah School District has come up with a compromise for parents’ requests to remove rubber tire mulch from school playgrounds. Nearly 600 parents petitioned the school board to get rid of the ...

This Viewpoint was originally published in CT Mirror on July 2, 2019. Connecticut landscape architects came out against a bill that would have protected our smallest children from dangerous ...

SANFORD, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Liberty Tire Recycling, the premier North American provider of tire recycling services, will open a new manufacturing facility in Sanford in February 2022, creating 30 ...

After sharing a controversial image of tire mulch, a Redditor sparked an environmental debate in the r/landscaping forum. The photo revealed a section of ground covered in chopped-up tire pieces ...

MAHWAH — Are play surfaces made with recycled rubber tires safe? No, says a group of parents who fear the material is linked to cancer risk. The parents have convinced school and township officials to ...

The Durham City Council voted Monday to stick with their decision to remove only some of the tire mulch that covers the surface at the East Durham Park. Parents in the Durham neighborhood are ...

Connecticut landscape architects came out against a bill that would have protected our smallest children from dangerous playgrounds. Proposed Bill 7003 this year would have establish a moratorium on ...