We also offer Mulch installation in the Kansas City area. Eliminate the dump truck, the mess and all the hard work moving bulk mulch. We can bring mulch in our Finn blower truck and install up to 150 feet from the truck. This is a clean and easy way to have your mulch placed in raised beds, or bulk mulch applied to your playgrounds, or flower beds without any work on your part.  We can blow mulch as an edging for paved areas.

Natural Hardwood Mulch

This is an oak shredded mulch that's light in color and uniform in size. The particle size is approximately a 3/4 inch minus. This 100% natural ground cover controls weeds, helps to maintain consistent soil temperature, lasts longer than most mulches, aids in suppressing mud on walking paths and playgrounds, as and is effective in helping the soil to retain moisture. It's also perfect for flower beds, tree bases, walking paths, and under Jungle gyms and swing sets. This type of mulch is used by daycares and schools as a neutral ground cover to help reduce the impact of falls. This mulch is certified by the IMPEA for impact standards to be used as a playground surface.

Certified Playground Mulch

This product is a Certified Playground Mulch and is the premium choice for playground surfacing. It is produced from virgin hardwood species, primarily oak, is double ground for consistency, and is tested to meet all ASTM standards (ASTM playground test results available upon request).

Protect your Children. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 200,000 children are treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms yearly for playground equipment injuries. Most injuries occur when children fall from the equipment onto the ground.

Using a Certified playground mulch is imperative to playground safety. Missouri Organic Recycling has your playgrounds covered!

• IPEMA Certified ASTM F1292-04.* Playground Chips meets HIC (head impact criteria) and G:max requirements at 12" of coverage.

• IPEMA Certified ASTM F2075-04.* Playground Chips meets tramp metal test and sieve analysis.

Certified playground mulch is cost-efficient compared to other playground surfaces on the market. It is easily maintained, and once installed, it only requires 2-3 inches of additional coverage every one to three years. That means long-term cost efficiency and easy upkeep!

SAVE TIME AND MONEY with MOR’s economical and hassle-free blow-on installation. MOR’s crews leave NO MESS BEHIND! Try us once, and you will never want to go anywhere else.

Certified playground mulch is a superior quality, engineered wood-fiber material used on playgrounds, trails, walkways, parking areas, and anywhere active people, and especially children, can fall. It provides better fall protection than gravel, sand, or rubber matting and is more cost-effective than other safety surface products on the market. 

Certified playground mulch is designed specifically with playgrounds in mind and is certified for use as protective surfacing around playground equipment. It meets the highest standard required by IPEMA and ASTM.

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In the interest of public playground safety, IPEMA provides a third‐party certification service whereby TÜV SÜD America validates a manufacturer’s certification of conformance to the ASTM F2075‐20 Standard Specification For Engineered Wood Fiber for Use as a Playground Safety Surface Under and Around Playground Equipment. Certification to this Standard includes conformance to the current ASTM F1292 standard, and is validated as explained in the paragraph related to ASTM F1292.

Cedar Mulch

This is a high-quality eastern red cedar mulch that's perfect for flower beds. The particle size is consistently 3 inches or less. This mulch is light in color, with a blended red hardwood made from slab cedar sourced from Arkansas Mills, and carries a pleasant cedar scent. It's excellent for weed control and landscaping use around flower beds, tree bases and walking paths, and as ground cover in large areas. This is a premium Cedar that will last longer and help with pest serpersion. 

Premium 1 Mulch

This 100% natural ground cover can be used by professionals as well as do-it-yourselfers. This product is made entirely from tree trimmings, logs, and wood chips. Premium 1 is a good alternative to higher priced wood chips – giving you function and aesthetics at about half the price. Constant texture and color make this a great organic mulch for all your annual and perennial beds. Premium 1 is composted to at temperatures maintained in excess of 55 degrees Celsius. This quality control procedure helps to ensure that the product contains no harmful pathogens, diseases, or weeds. This is our most popular mulch by far. This is a great choice for gardens and beds where you will be working the soil for another season of planting. If some of the fines get mixed in, it just adds valuable organic matter. 

Colored Mulch

In addition to adding extraordinary color design to landscaping, The Brown, Black, and Red mulch is made from recycled wood just as the Premium 1. Durable as well as weather- and color-stable. Colored mulch does an excellent job of suppressing weeds. The colorants used by Missouri Organics Recycling are pure oxide pigments – natural components of the soil, oxide pigments account, on average, for 5% of the Earth's crust. Properly-used colored mulch is absolutely safe and ecologically sound. This adds a decorative high end touch to any landscape.