News & comment Re-Bound’ becomes UK’s largest manufacturer of recycled rubber play bark
A multi-million pound deal has been struck to form the UK’s largest manufacturer and supplier of recycled rubber garden
products.The new company, officially launched on January 20, 2010, is called ‘Re-Bound’ and has been formed by some of the country’s leading experts in recycled rubber garden products.
Bob Jones, who has been
at the forefront of creating recycled garden products for the past decade, is launching the new Re-Bound brand with recycling expert Peter O’
Kane.The product range will be produced at two key manufacturing bases across the UK and Ireland including a
state-of-art processing centre in Ballymena, County Antrim. Speaking after this week’s announcement Re-Bound Director Bob Jones said: “The concept of using rubber chippings for Play areas and gardens has already given people an exciting new option to rival traditional surfacing, such as bark.
The new range will include: Re-Bound Rubber Bark – a garden and play surface in a range of colours to create attractive borders, pathways and play areas. Re- Bound rubber crumb – soil improver for lawns and turf.
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For the older ones among us the growth of natural play takes us back to our childhood. Play was not confined to formal play areas with fixed equipment. The opportunities to play in a natural environment added an extra dimension to our experience. For children in towns and cities those opportunities had been lost but now, courtesy of natural play areas a new generation is being introduced to these pleasures. For many in cities and large towns it may be the nearest they come to playing in the countryside. Besides the obvious benefits of natural play there is the added one that provision of these types of area can be much cheaper than equipped play areas with their equipment and surfacing
costs. It is however important to get the design right. RoSPA has long been an advocate of natural play and has been particularly encouraged in the last year by the number of imaginative schemes we have been asked to inspect/comment on. Also through our plan inspection service we have recently
commented on some really exciting schemes due to be built this year. We can’t wait to see the schemes in operation. Whilst RoSPA is dedicated to injury prevention (bumps and bruises are not injuries, they are just a natural part of play) we have always also been interested in promoting play opportunities. Children learn basic skills through their play including the essential skill of assessing risks for themselves. Without this ability they are in greater risk in the environment in general. To that end, David Yearley;
RoSPA's Head of Play Safety, is also one of the four principle directors of The International Play Association (IPA), the body promoting the rights of the child to play throughout the world. The IPA also has special status at the United
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activity today Be aware not afraid say RoSPA
Nations and UNESCO. RoSPA is pleased and proud to support this cause.
Whilst “excessive” health and safety concerns continue to give problems, RoSPA is pleased to see, in some quarters at least, a much more realistic approach. RoSPA's attitude has always been that areas where children play should be as safe as necessary, not as safe as possible.
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