Sustainable Housing and Green Building News: Rubber Sidewalks Give the Bounce to Concrete
Posted by: admin / Category: Building Industry, US Real EstateRubber sidewalks are all grown up. Once perceived mainly as a safe surface for playgrounds, rubber sidewalks have developed into a means of preserving urban trees, reducing stormwater runoff, recycling tires, and curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
A company called Rubbersidewalks (what else?) began installing the modular units in 2002, and its rubber sidewalk products now appear in almost 100 cities across the country.
Even the U.S. military is getting into the act. Plans are in the works to install rubber sidewalks at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, California, and they’re being promoted by the Pollution Prevention Program at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.
via Sustainable Housing and Green Building News:.
Tags: city of santa monica, curb greenhouse gas emissions, pollution prevention program, public works inspector, recycle tires, reduce stormwater runoff, richard valeriano, rubber sidewalks
