Director, Bob Lawrence, helped Reclaim publicise the newly installed soft play surface that covers an area the size of 1.5 tennis courts at the Artarmon based Butterflies International Early Learning and Childcare Centre.
Reclaim’s Playsafe surface has such a diversity of bright colours that designer, Brendan Raynal was able to cut in bright pastel butterflies, a caterpillar made up of different coloured circles with successive numbers installed and a black roadway for children to ride their tricycles around, which included a zebra crossing.
So, as they play the children can learn basic counting and road safety in an environment free of sharp or hard surfaces, with extra padding installed at the end of slides and other fall areas.
Bob’s news release pointed out that Perth based Reclaim is the only nationally-operating major supplier in Australia of rubber surfaces which produces its own recycled materials, thereby reducing the carbon footprint for clients using its products.
The accompanying vivid photographs were well received by trade magazines and websites in the building and education industries, as well as environmental and local government publications and local newspapers.
Reclaim shreds thousands of tyres per year at its plants in Perth and Adelaide to produce rubber crumb and sells the reconstituted rubber products, not just for soft flooring for use in childcare centres, kindergartens and nursing homes, but also for flexible surfaces for business where staff stand while working; anti-skid flooring for golf clubs and other areas used by people in sprigged shoes; injury reducing surfaces for the equine industry; and forklift and airport luggage area anti skid applications.
Reclaiming the environment
What would you do with 400 used truck tyres? If you were Jackson Wells’ client Reclaim Industries you would shave off the rubber and turn it into a soft fall area for a childcare centre or an aged care facility.
