Recycled Plastic Playground Equipment

 

On my very many travels round schools, I always see picnic benches or tables which are made out of a re-cycled plastic composite material which does actually look like traditional timber, but isn’t. When I ask teachers why they bought these benches, the response is pretty much unanimous – although they are bit more expensive, the benefits far outweigh the extra cost. They last a lot longer, they don’t rot, crack or discolour, they are eco-friendly but most important of all perhaps, they require little or no ongoing maintenance. Which keeps the site manager or caretaker very happy as it just means another job he doesn’t have to worry about.

So I got to thinking that if these benefits of using recycled plastic mean so much to a school, why can’t you make other products out of this material for the playground? And the most obvious contender of course is adventure or trim trail play equipment especially if you develop these products along the sport and PE fitness lines as those nice and generous people in the Dept for Education are giving schools money for this very reason.

My eureka moment therefore came in the form of developing a modular, multi-faceted fitness centre which is manufactured entirely out of re-cycled plastic so that it will last forever, the children won’t get splinters, we’ve done our bit in help saving the planet (this material is 100% recycled)  and the school site managers of this country can now relax safe in the knowledge that it will require hardly any ongoing maintenance. Win win I would say. Oh and the children will be physically challenged which will help them to be fit and healthy.

For further information, please contact Simon Fearnehough on 01865 858982 or email simon@hideouthouse.com

The Hideout House Company Ltd

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