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- Title
Manufacturers' perceptions about using treated wood in children's playground equipment.
- Authors
Vlosky, Richard P.; Shupe, Todd F.
- Abstract
In this study, a companion piece to a previous examination of children's playground equipment buyer perspectives, we investigate what children's playground equipment manufacturers think about using treated wood. The research objectives were to ascertain children's playground equipment manufacturer attitudes and preferences for using treated wood relative to alternative fabrication materials and to gauge their level of awareness regarding treated wood. The sample frame for the study was a census of all 188 U.S. playground equipment manufacturers. Minimization of chemicals and health risks are the most important criteria to respondents when considering the materials they use to manufacture children's playground equipment. Although multiple materials can he used in outdoor playground equipment fabrication, 48 percent of respondents use treated wood, 67 percent use plastic, and 56 percent use steel.
- Subjects
UNITED States; WOOD; PLAYGROUND equipment; PLAY environments; PLAYGROUNDS; COMPOSITE materials; MANUFACTURED products; WOOD products; FOREST products; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
Forest Products Journal, 2005, Vol 55, Issue 12, p190
- ISSN
0015-7473
- Publication type
Article