For those seeking safer, low-maintenance alternatives for their own yards or to even suggest to your local school board, ...

A group of Duluth parents made their case for replacing the rubber mulch at the Duluth school district's playgrounds with wood fiber after they became concerned about chemicals in the rubber. Duluth ...

It’s bouncy and may remind you to change your snow tires. It also may be the newest feature at parks across the city. Lawrence Parks and Recreation crews recently installed chopped-up rubber tires ...

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

WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - Parents in West Sacramento worried about tire mulch at Delta Gardens Park. And in the summer heat, they're concerned that mulch made of recycled tires could be putting their ...

DENVER (CBS4) - Denver children are enjoying a playground thanks to a donation from Big O Tires. The company donated 45,000 pounds of shredded tires that were turned into mulch. That mulch was spread ...

LORAIN — The rubber mulch used at every playground in the Lorain City Schools system may be soft for a fall, but it also creates a hard to control blaze when ignited, investigators found. While ...

The Frederick County Board of Education has agreed on a contract for buying mulch and decided on three companies it will consider for playground equipment contracts. There was overlap — three of the ...

Canton's all-abilities playground is finally set to open in November after storm damage and construction delays have twice postponed the big event. The town has gone without a public playground since ...

City of Enid Parks and Recreation workers have been adding mulch to playgrounds. Workers have gone through 930 cubic yards of mulch to bring city-owned playgrounds up to levels the playgrounds should ...