Wood pellets for schools are usually made of pure pine sawdust and no ash. The pellets are compressed wood products made into small pellets and usually found underneath playground equipment and other places children play.

Wood pellets for schools are made by compressing, at a high pressure, the wood and as this is done, the ligins and resins act as a ‘glue’ to hold the wood pellets shapes. They turn out looking something similar to wine corks and are safe for school children to jump around and play on and even fall into if they happen to, without hurting themselves.

Wood pellets are a renewable energy, meaning they came from the earth and can be Holzpellet burned when they are no longer needed. More can be made when the wood pellets for schools have wore out over time and use under the feet of many children. In addition they are too big to swallow for fear of injury.

Many schools are switching from wood chips to the wood pellets because of the dangers wood chips pose. They have sharp edges, whereas the wood pellets do not, they are smooth on all areas and act as a ‘cushion’ when children jump on them. Wood chips don’t ‘give’ like the wood pellets do.

A good argument for wood pellets, besides the two safety issues (swallowing and pointed edges on the wood chips), another argument would be cleanliness. Wood chips tend to be full of dirt and make everything they touch, clothing, skin, shoes dirty and harder to clean. Wood pellets are clean and remain fairly clean, except for maybe a little dust but never as dirty as the wood pellets.

Another great thing about the wood pellets for schools is that they stay put, unless a child picks them up to move them, or one or two roll across the blacktop, they don’t drag all over the place like the wood chips do. Many custodial employees complain that the children drag in the wood chips because they get tangled on their shoes and drop off in the hallways.

At first, the wood pellets maybe a little expensive, however, in the long run, they are more economical than the wood chips because they will not have to be replaced as often. They last several years longer than the wood chips and are cleaner for the air and the children and the wear-and-tear on the school building itself.

Before the next school board meeting, do some research on other schools that have switched to the wood pellets. Contact them and see if they are satisfied and what the cost might have been. Get a good proposal together for what it would take to move out the wood chips and move in the wood pellets Holzbriketts and the long term benefits and the safety issues. Then, address the school board with these issues and see if it is in their budget to switch out the wood chips or grass that is there now for the wood chips.