Recycled mulch products provide a great alternative to your traditional mulch.  Over the past few years, recycled mulch products have grown in popularity.  Recycled mulch products provide a more cost-effective alternative to natural products.  These products also help keep scrap wood out of the landfill.  Most recycled mulch products are made out of recycled pallets or wood scraps.  Depending on where you are purchasing your recycled mulch products from, most of these products contain mixed wood species.  Pine and hardwood scraps are blended together and dyed to provide unique mulch products.

Recycled mulch products with color.

If you are looking for mulch that has a unique color not found in nature, then consider dyed mulch products.  Dyed mulch products come in red, black, gold and brown.  Since most recycled mulch products are made out of a combination of wood products, they must be dyed for uniformity.  If processed correctly, these products provide consistent and uniform size.  Most dyed mulch products will hold their color for six months up to a year.  Color will last longer or shorter depending on the type of dye used and weather conditions.

Recycled Mulch Products

Recycled mulch products do not always have to be dyed.  Shredded bark, natural cedar and other hardwood products are usually made with wood scraps.  Creating mulch is a great way to re-use scrap wood waste.  Some municipalities also offer recycled mulch products for free.  You should know that these products are made up of disposed tree material.  The tree material at the landfill is shredded and turned into mulch.  The only problem is, that you do not know what you are getting.  The tree scraps could be from a tree that died from insect or fungal disease.  The last thing that you want to do is landscape your property with diseased material.  Make sure you know what products you are using and where they come from.