SAFER SURFACING CASE STUDY:
HALTON PARISH COMMUNITY CENTRE
Local community centre play area transformed into a number of toddler groups, baptisms, weddings
given impressive new lease of life with products, including mulch, chippings, and Sunday services, Halton Parish
100% recycled surface and crumb for use as a sustainable, Community Centre heavily depends on
safer and longer-lasting alternative a safe and reliable outdoor space.
The UK’s leading manufacturer of surface to EPDM (a material made recycled rubber chippings, Safer from virgin rubber and chemicals) or The North West-based centre
Surfacing, has renovated Halton wood bark. approached Safer Surfacing when
its outdoor play area had become
Parish Community Centre’s outside
space with flooring made from These products are then used in overgrown with weeds, neglected and
waste tyres. installations to create safe, colourful, unsafe for use. What’s more, it was
weatherproof surfaces in areas such surrounded by dangerous fencing and
Based in Deeside, family-run Safer as children’s playgrounds, gardens posed an uneven surface, entirely
Surfacing processes rubber from and rooftop terraces. unsuitable for young children.
its recycling arm, Endurmeta. As a space that is used for community Looking for a more smooth, safe and
The process sees the rubber waste events and functions, including most importantly sustainable place
end-of-life tyres collected through
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