Vol. 35, No. 7, February 28, 2019 52 Ingestre Street, Wanganui. Phone 345 3666 or 345 3655, fax 345 2644, email
[email protected] 120,000 recycled tyres used every year at Burgess Matting BY DOUG DAVIDSON Carlton and Hylton parks. scooters. One application The advantage of the of this, Russell told the You probably haven’t given Burgess Mat- product, says Russell, “is RCP was at the Panmure ting & Surfacing, based in Whanganui East that it is durable, non-slip, Railway station. “After in the old Railway workshops, a second has a long life and is easy refurbishment they had to thought but more than likely you have ben- to clean. It is also porous either lift the platform or efitted from their range of matting products – water will simply drain lower the train track. In- stead we put in a rubber from schools to hotels, parks and farms. away.” Farmers use recycled ramp at the appropriate When Russell Burgess’s around buildings. rubber matting for their gradient.” father took over the busi- This type of surfacing is dairy milking sheds, keep- The rubber comes from ness in 1951 it was a one normally done on site. It ƽ - retreaded truck and plane product business – tradi- is a process a bit like lay- crete. Its non-slip qualities tyres – not car tyres. Rus- tional rubber doormats ing concrete but the end make it attractive to put on sell explains, “The majori- made from stripped old results, explains Russell the back of utes and four ty of car tyres are of no use tyres.