Although it started as a solid black floor covering for weight rooms, fitness centers, gyms and skating rinks, the category known as “recycled rubber” is rapidly growing in popularity for all types of other areas including corporate, retail and educational facilities.
Solid black rubber material is over 90% post-consumer waste from old tires and has been used as flooring for many years for athletic facilities. The next step in the product evolution was to add small amounts of color to the mix, but that mostly black material is still widely used today.