Perhaps one of the ways to benefit the environment that you haven't given any thought to is the kind of lawn you maintain. Unsurprisingly most homeowners lawns are made of natural grass. As distinct from artificial grass.
There are some factors to consider that go into keeping up a lush, green lawn:
- Grass needs herbicides, fertilizers and pesticides.
- Regular watering is required to keep a lawn looking good.
- Natural grass needs to be mowed regularly with the lawnmower
- It costs money to maintain a lush, green lawn.
Just think replacing your ailing lawn with a synthetic grass equal addresses each of these environmental concerns. Adding chemicals into the dirt 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.
Another factor to take into consideration is the elderly. As you get older your ability to cut the lawn will lessen so too might your access to money to pay for the upkeep. The answer could very well be to replace the grass with artificial grass.
If you live in areas where drought is a problem, you will have experienced water restrictions the likes of which haven't been felt before. The first thing to suffer during such critical times is the lawn which quickly goes brown and dies off. In extreme circumstances the soil is compacted, the grass disappears forever and you're left with a yard that has turned into a dust bowl.
Synthetic grass comes with many positives such as the low maintenance aspect, the need for watering is removed, heavy traffic won't affect the ground, it looks good all year round and it's better for the environment because you don't need chemical application and a lawnmower| the need for watering is removed, the low maintenance aspect, heavy traffic won't affect the ground, it looks good all year round and it's better for the environment because you don't need chemical application and a lawnmower| the need for watering is removed, it looks good all year round, the low maintenance aspect, heavy traffic won't affect the ground and it's better for the environment because you don't need chemical application and a lawnmower.
During the height of summer your lawn needs mowing weekly as the grass takes off and grows like at no other time. Using the lawnmower each 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.
Moving from real grass to artificial grass will make a large reduction in your carbon footprint and will be helping to do your bit for saving the environment. Artificial grass will benefit the environment at an increasing rate over time, too, with every drop of water saved, every second the lawnmower hasn't had to run and every atom of chemical that hasn't been used. The result puts the environment in an even better position than it otherwise would be.
Isn't it a nice bonus that over the long term you will also be saving yourself quite a lot of money.
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