We already have the technology to break down and repurpose end-of-life playground rubber. Now we’re building the recovery and resupply operation around it, with digital batch traceability planned.
When playgrounds are refurbished, the safety surfacing beneath them is often treated as waste.
We believe that material deserves another chapter. Rubber Revolution is developing a practical way to recover removed wet pour rubber, process it and resupply suitable material for use in new playground base layers.
It’s an ambitious idea grounded in an existing industry challenge — and built with the people who understand that challenge best.
Read our manifestoDeveloped alongside an established surfacing business.
We have the technology to break down and repurpose recovered rubber.
Validation received. Assessment details will be shared in a future update.
We’re developing a model that aims to generate revenue at two stages of the playground surfacing lifecycle: recovering the old surface and supplying suitable material for the next installation.
Rubber Revolution intends to earn revenue from lifting and recovering end-of-life wet pour surfacing during refurbishment projects.
Removed surfacing is a potential source of material to process, as well as a practical recovery challenge to manage.
Proposed income: recovery servicesRecovered rubber would be processed, cleaned and graded for potential reuse in playground safety surfacing base layers, subject to appropriate material validation.
We intend to earn additional revenue by supplying suitable recovered material to playground installers and surfacing contractors.
Proposed income: recovered material supplyProposed commercial model — these are intended revenue streams, not established trading income or contracted revenue.
Explore an illustrative projectFrom a surface at the end of its first life to material with a new purpose. Our proposed process brings recovery, reuse and traceability together.
We have access to recovered material and the technology to break it down and repurpose it. Independent validation has now been received. The focus remains on optimising the process, managing contamination, commercial modelling and preparing pilots.
See our development roadmapWe’re looking to connect with contractors, recovery specialists and future material buyers who want to help shape a more circular approach.
Become a founding partnerOur long-term ambition is to support the communities around us, with a proposed fund for outdoor spaces when the business is commercially successful.
Our community ambitionPlayground safety surfacing serves schools, public parks, housing developments, leisure facilities and community spaces throughout the UK. As installations reach the end of their useful life, refurbishment creates an opportunity to recover material that might otherwise enter conventional waste streams.
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Research placeholders — no market estimates are claimed here. Each figure will require a defined scope, date, assumptions and supporting source before publication. Not all play sites use wet pour surfacing.
Follow a hypothetical medium-sized playground recovery project. This example explains how the proposed model could work; it is not a completed project, quotation or forecast.
A hypothetical medium-sized playground is scheduled for refurbishment. The existing wet pour surface is removed.
The recovered rubber is kept identifiable and moved for processing. Site conditions and transport requirements affect the costs.
Contaminants are separated and the rubber is processed. The amount of usable material depends on input condition and recovery yield.
Recovered material is assessed for the intended application. Reuse depends on appropriate testing and quality checks.
Suitable processed material could be supplied to a surfacing contractor for a future playground base layer.
An encouraging milestone as we continue developing the operation. Read the latest update and explore what comes next.
News & developmentFrom material enquiries to planned batch tracking, our FAQs explain where we are and how you can get involved.
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