Since its inception, PlayGuard Safety Surfacing has been offering a diverse selection of patterns and colors that enliven any play area while sustaining the quality of the natural environment. With patented manufacturing technology to recycle pre and post-consumer waste into durable surfacing tiles, PlayGuard plays an active role in reducing the nation’s landfills and promoting a cleaner and healthier environment.
Indoor PlayGuard applications are FloorScore certified for compliance with rigorous indoor air quality emission requirements. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are evaluated using health-based specifications. Flooring and adhesives that earn FloorScore certification also qualify for use in high-performance schools. PlayGuard Safety Surfacing meets the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) criteria, the State of Washington standard for indoor air quality, and supports ASTM 2129-05 Sustainability Assessment.
PlayGuard’s resilient molded tiles are comprised of post-consumer tire rubber and ColorMill EPDM. These materials are bound together using a polyurethane pre-polymer. The entire product line is produced using a low embodied energy manufacturing process that requires minimal water and reuses in-line scrap to decrease waste. The result is vibrant and environmentally sustainable playground surfacing with superior durability to last for years.
PlayGuard is manufactured by ECORE International, North America’s largest user of scrap tire rubber. Each year ECORE recycles over 80 million pounds of scrap rubber, saving over one million barrels of oil and keeping over 2,000 trailer loads of discarded tires out of our nation’s landfills.
