People are coming up with ways they can do their bit to live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle - or at least they should.There are many aspects in your life where alterations are possible that will have a beneficial impact on our environment.
Our carbon emissions output can be altered in lots of ways because nearly each choice we make in our day to day life has some sort of consequence on our carbon footprint.
One of the areas where you may choose to change may be in your own backyard, literally, with moving from natural grass to synthetic grass. Typically, by far the most common sight in the yards of houses the world over lawns are made of natural grass with few, if any people considering the possible benefits they might get from switching to synthetic grass..
Much research and development has been allocated to synthetic grass technology, particularly in the area of replicating the look and feel of the fake turf. Making artificial grass appear as natural as possible is an important feature.
Think of all of these factors that go into maintaining a healthy, green lawn:
- Grass needs pesticides, weed killers and fertilizers.
- Regular watering is required to keep a lawn looking good.
- Natural grass needs to be cut regularly with the lawnmower.
- It costs money to maintain a lush, green lawn..
Now replacing your lawn with a synthetic grass equal addresses each of these environmental matters. Pouring chemicals into the soil will have a cumulative effect on the environment with the chemicals leeching away into our water systems. In drought afflicted areas, using it to water our grass is essentially a luxury we can't afford.
An alternative worth considering, for the sake of the environment, first and foremost and then for your hip pocket in the long run is replacing the labour intensive grass lawn with a synthetic lawn.
If you live in areas that suffers drought, water restrictions are a regular occurrence. The first thing to suffer during such critical times is the lawn which quickly goes brown and dies off. In extreme circumstances the grass disappears forever and you're left living in a house surrounded by a dust bowl.
The aged|sick] should also be considered here. As you get older your ability to maintain the lawn will diminish so too might your access to money to pay for the upkeep. Replacing the grass with synthetic grass may well be the answer.
Synthetic turf comes with many advantages such as the fact that much less maintenance time is required for its upkeep, the need for watering is removed, heavy traffic won't affect the ground, it's visually appealing all year round and it's better for the environment because it removes the need for a lawnmower and chemical application.
The growth rate of grass in summer is so great that your lawn needs mowing weekly as the lawn takes off and grows like at no other time. Running the lawnmower every week is just another source of carbon being added to the atmosphere, no matter whether you own a petrol powered lawnmower or an electric lawnmower.
Artificial grass will help the environment at an exponential rate over time, too, with every atom of chemical that hasn't been poured, every drop of water not wasted on your grass and every second the lawnmower hasn't had to run. The result puts us ahead of the game environmentally speaking
The monetary savings are the bonus that will provide the added incentive to agree that synthetic grass is a worthwhile alternative. This should just be a starting point for you in your decision into whether artificial grass is a possible alternative for you.
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