In article 1052411307.685820@yasure, "Valkyrie" wrote:

This is not a new product, it's been around for 20+ years. It's original use
was for playgrounds. Instead of the blacktop or concrete for the kiddies to
hurl themselves onto from the play equipment they put this stuff down so
they would bounce a bit and not bleed quite so profusely. It was also
supposed to have gone down on paths and walk ways, easier on the shoes and
body than gravel, mud, etc. Horse arenas were also another target customer.
This is the first I have heard of it for sometime. It sort of disappeared
from public as far as I can tell. Perhaps it was a bust for it's former
uses and now they are touting this material as garden mulch and somebody has
a warehouse full of this stuff and they are trying to get rid of
it........... AGAIN.

Val

Actually it's been around for 50 years & was initially a Cornell research
product for soil ammendments. When they could not find a way to use it
safely (& never mind it is now a common UNsafe bulking agent in commercial
composts), the playground use was the later back-up plan, & was indeed
where the first commercial inroads occurred.

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