{"id":135678,"date":"2023-03-29T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T05:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/it-would-survive-nuclear-armageddon-should-plastic-grass-be-banned\/"},"modified":"2023-03-29T12:10:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T05:10:32","slug":"it-would-survive-nuclear-armageddon-should-plastic-grass-be-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/it-would-survive-nuclear-armageddon-should-plastic-grass-be-banned\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It would survive nuclear Armageddon\u2019: should plastic grass be banned?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nArtificial lawns are more popular than ever \u2013 but they are also an environmental nightmare. Will the campaign to stop them be successful?My lawn is a disaster. To be honest, it\u2019s not really a lawn at all. Any green is mostly moss, the rest is mud. More no man\u2019s land than bowling green. The reasons for this are: small London garden (I know I am lucky to have one); not a lot of sun (stolen by the neighbour\u2019s overhanging apple tree); two footballing boys (even though, now banned for life, they have to go to the park). And possibly also inexpertise on the part of the groundsman, though he has tried \u2013 I\u2019ve turfed, and seeded, aerated, watered, fed, scarified, sung to it. I\u2019m about ready to give up.There is an obvious solution: artificial grass. Beautifully, uniformly verdant all year round, low maintenance, no mowing required, no mower required, no watering, no mud. I might even let the boys back on to it. Or not. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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