Introducing recycled rope: a premium-quality rope made using post-consumer recycled PET yarn, giving discarded plastic a new life in the playground.

Transforming every day plastics

The new rope is manufactured using recycled PET (rPET), a material made from post-consumer plastic — think every day items like bottle caps, plastic bottles and food containers.

Rather than using virgin polyester for the outer yarn, recycled PET gives existing plastic materials a new purpose in a product designed for years of active play. The rope also features galvanised steel reinforcement, with the steel wire containing an average of 21.5% recycled material.

New material, same great experience

When exploring recycled materials, one thing was non-negotiable. The finished product needed to meet the same high standards our customers expect.

Visually, it offers the same clean, premium finish as our traditional rope, with a similar look and feel. It also performed well in our manufacturing trials, with no changes to our usual production processes required.

Trialled and tested

Outside of the suppliers own UV testing, we ran tests to assess everything from appearance, feel and abrasion resistance, to how easily each material could be incorporated into our manufacturing process.

Most importantly, our testing and practical trials gave us the confidence to introduce it as an alternative without changing our existing rope warranty.

We were even given the opportunity by City of Newcastle to trial recycled rope elements within Beauford Avenue Reserve to see how it held up next to our non-recycled rope.

One year on, we’re very happy with the results!

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Interested in specifying recycled rope for your next project?

We’re proud to offer recycled rope as another option for customers looking to incorporate recycled materials into their playground projects.

Our recycled PET rope is currently available in black, with limited stock available.

Get in touch through the form below to find out more about availability and pricing.