[defrost]

They're relatively cheap and easy to replace, having a neighbourhood play action committee can handle the costs every five years to a decade with regular bake sales.

What's more of an issue is

> Canopies are made of [ Plastic ] fabric

typically knitted polyethylene blend | woven polypropylene. The degradation of tens of thousands of kilometers of plastic shadecloth each year is a big source of microplastics in the environment .. which has been getting some bad press of late.

[SkyPuncher]

It’s fine in my backyard, but nearly every public playground barely gets enough attention as it is.