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Advantages of Rubber Mulch
Landscape Rubber Mulch is the smart choice for all landscape mulch and groundcover applications. Rubber Mulch not only looks better 365 days a year, year after year, it’s more durable, cost-effective, maintenance free and eco-friendly than wood mulch, stone and other landscape groundcover materials.
Unlike wood mulch, Landscaping Rubber Mulch doesn’t attract termites, carpenter ants or other harmful wood destroying insects so it’s the ideal mulch for use around buildings, foundations and wood structures. As a result, Rubber Mulch helps reduce the need for harsh insect control chemicals in and around the landscape.
Landscape Rubber Mulch supports plant health by allowing water and nutrients to pass directly into the soil versus being absorbed and trapped, like in wood mulch. Additionally, Rubber Mulch forms an insulating layer over the soil surface which helps protect the soil from hot summer and cold winter temperatures. Rubber Mulch also helps prevent weeds, further reducing the need for harsh weed control chemicals in and around the landscape.
Rubber Mulch can help construction projects earn LEED credits. Smart solutions like GroundSmart™ Rubber Mulch not only save time and money, they are smart for the environment. As a green landscaping material, GroundSmart™ Rubber Mulch helps to saves trees and earns Green Building (LEED) Credits.
Product Benefits of Landscape Rubber Mulch
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Long-lasting, cost effective landscape groundcover
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12 year Color-Lock guarantee
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Saves time and money by eliminating annual mulching
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Up to 73% savings versus wood mulch in landscape applications
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Requires up to 50% less material than engineered wood fiber or wood mulch
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Earn construction project LEED credits
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Helps prevent weeds
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Does not attract termites, carpenter ants or other harmful wood destroying insects
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Resists rodent infestation
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Does not float, absorb water, erode or blow away with heavy wind or rain
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Inhibits growth of mold and fungi, reducing allergy risk
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Will not rot or decay – unlike wood mulch
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100% Recycled Rubber
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99.9% Wire Free
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Non-toxic
LEED Credits
Rubber Mulch can help construction projects earn LEED credits. Smart solutions like, Rubber Mulch save not only save time and money, but are great for the environment. As a green landscaping material, Rubber Mulch helps save trees and earns Green Building (LEED) Credits.
LEED certification means healthier, more productive places, reduced stress on the environment by encouraging energy and resource-efficient buildings, savings from increased building value, higher lease rates and decreased utility costs.
So whether you’re building new construction or remodeling, take the LEED with Rubber Mulch in your next landscape project.
Resources
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U.S. Green Building Council LEED Credits
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August 2013, Prepared for Rubber Manufacturers Association by ChemRisk, Inc.
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Crumb Infill and Turf Characterization for Trace Elements and Organic Materials
2011, Dr. Paul J. Lioy and Dr. Clifford Weisel, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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2009 Study of Crumb Rubber Derived from Recycled Tires Final Report
May 2010, Xiaolin Li, William Berger, Craig Musante, MaryJane Incorvia Mattina, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Analytical Chemistry
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December 2009, Bryan R. Morris, Richard J. Golden and John W. Pierson, Stockmeier Urethanes USA, Inc.
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Zinc in Drainage Water Under Artificial Turf Fields with SBR
March 2009, Hofstra, U.
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Five Year Study of the Water Quality Effects of Tire Shreds Placed Above the Water Table
March 2001, Humphrey, D.N. and E.K. Lynn, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maine