Cork is a natural, 100% biodegradable, recyclable, renewable raw material obtained from the cork oak tree (Quercus Suber L.). This oak species whose bark (cork) regenerates itself is mainly found in Southern Mediterranean countries and North Africa, and has an average lifetime of 200 years. Portugal is the leading cork…

The contribution of cork oak forests and cork to biodiversity preservation

Nature as the starting point for a sustainable future

The landscape architecture firm, Edge, has designed a playground using the Corkeen system in the heart of the city park in Skanör, in the municipality of Vellinge. This children's playground is located in the city park in Skanör, close to a cluster of pedestrian paths. The landscape architecture firm, Edge, was chosen…

One system, one mission: create safe and sustainable playgrounds for everyone to play in.

Surrounded by green, this playground in the city of Varberg, Sweden, uses the Corkeen system as an impact-absorbing surface, creating a safe space where children can let their imagination run wild. The project was developed by KPLN Design AB in partnership with the Corkeen brand master for the Swedish market, Nordic S…

The municipality of Warsaw chose the Corkeen system for the resurfacing of a small playground located in one of the school and kindergarten complexes in the residential district of Wawer. The old safety floor, produced in EPDM/SBR, was fairly degraded and the municipality was looking for a safe, sustainable and accessi…

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Gartensta Plus is the Corkeen Brand Master for the Czech Republic & Slovakia markets. Based in Prague, the company was founded to care for public spaces. This compromise was born from a relationship with nature, forests, and green…

The Corkeen system incorporates natural cork, totally free from all types of toxins and chemicals such as heavy metals, EDC, T-COV, formaldehyde or PAH.   In addition, unlike many fall protection materials, it does not contain plastic and rubber granules that could end up being released into the ecosystem and pollute n…

Corkeen by Amorim is a Corticeira Amorim company, specialized in fall protection surfaces for playgrounds and outdoor play spaces. Produced with cork, a 100% natural, recyclable and renewable raw material, Corkeen combines sustainability, accessibility and safety credentials, harmoniously merging the concepts of Commun…

The most endangered species is the Iberian lynx, only found in Portugal and Spain and considered to be critically endangered. According to the WWF - World Wild Fund for Nature, the total number of surviving Iberian lynx in these two countries is lower than 150 adult individuals. Among the endangered species of the Medi…

The Corkeen system has an excellent drainage capacity and is made with cork, a valuable raw material from Mother Nature. These were the two main reasons why our eco-friendly solution was selected for the prestigious project in the US. But that’s not all, the Corkeen system has much more to offer! It’s odourless, rot-re…

Playing is about exploring the world. Growing up. Building the future. All children deserve to play in safe, healthy outdoor spaces, in harmony with nature. Corkeen is an innovative solution produced from cork, a 100 % natural, recyclable and renewable raw material, to create retained fall systems for playgrounds. Deve…

Urbanplay, our Brand Master from Chile, implemented our innovative retained fall protection system in a beautiful playground in Plaza República de El Salvador, in Vitacura (Chile). The Corkeen surface, produced with 100% natural cork granules, was perfectly integrated into the play space, composed of wooden play equipm…

Park4all is a new sports and leisure park, located in the commune of Châtel-St-Denis, Switzerland. It encompasses technical mountain bike courses, a running trail (Finnish track) and a maintenance circuit. The association that manages the park, chose the Corkeen Play system as the safety flooring surface for the mainte…

Retro-Max Pte Ltd, the Brand Master from Southwest Asia, implemented our cork-based eco-friendly solution in an elementary school and kindergarten of Buin Batu International School in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Local children can now happily have fun in the new inspirational play space surrounded by nature. This wo…

The Eden Project is a large botanical garden and environmental center, located in Cornwall, UK. With an area of about 13 hectares, it has two large dome-shaped greenhouses, which recreate the natural biomes of the tropical forest and the Mediterranean climate, housing thousands of species of plants from throughout the…

This matter must call us all, without exception, to action. It is a global objective and only with the involvement of each person, we can rescue the future of humanity. As cities are the main ecosystem where humanity faces this challenge in the immediate future, namely due to the concentration of the population and the…

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