The Grass is Always Greener If It’s Made From Plastic
By News 4 New York Reporter Brian Thompson
POSTED: 7:56 pm EDT May 30, 2008
After a lifetime of yard work, my first real job was mowing lawns, I find myself incredulous that there may be something to fake, plastic grass. Otherwise known as artificial turf, it’s an alternative to the real stuff but now on your front lawn, not some high school football field.
Traveling to Nutley to see a couple of these so-called “fake” lawns, I have to admit that up close, it does look like the plastic it is.
But I called the head of the state Sierra Club on a hunch, and he confirmed: If you absolutely, positively have to have a lawn, the artificial stuff is better for the environment than the real. Why? Fake grass does not contain pesticides or herbicides, and perhaps most importantly, no fertilizer. It is lawn fertilizer that is now getting much of the blame for the seaweed that is choking the life out of Barnegat Bay and similar bodies of water, and for the algae blooms in the ocean that are literally creating dead zones where fish will not go.
True, plastic is a product of oil, one of the more toxic products that we are addicted to. But it’s a onetime use, the company I talked with offering a 10 year guarantee, and claiming its product will probably last longer depending on usage.
Moreover, because installation requires a lot of sand a lot of rainwater is absorbed instead of running off and flooding someone’s home downstream. A typical grass lawn is mostly impervious; watch the next time it rains and you’ll see rainwater running off into the street carrying those pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers with it, ending up in a lake, river, a bay or New York Harbor.
Who would have thought? Fake grass is good for the environment?
More information on this article can be found at www.wnbc.com/news/16441218/detail.html
ArtificialTurfSupply.com would like to thank Smart Scapes from San Diego, CA for their hard work and timely completion of the Tecolote Pinto Baseball Fields. With this low maintenance, state of the art, SportPRO-42 artificial turf system, the kids of San Diego, CA will definitely be playing a lot more baseball this summer! We look forward to working with the community of San Diego, CA on their additional artificial turf needs. ATS continues to be committed to community sports and the development of artificial turf fields for kids. For more information on the Tecolote Baseball Fields please feel free to contact an ATS team member.
The South Beach Plaza Hotel located in Miami Beach, Florida chooses ATS for the enhancement of the Rooftop Menagarie Lounge. This ultra exclusive, roof top lounge is a very special place and now even more luxurious with the addition of 7,000 square feet of the LXR PRO series artificial grass.
This very Special place enjoys not only unobstructed views of the Atlantic Ocean, Great Sunlight for Sunning, vast Panoramic views of Miami Beach and Downtown Miami, but truly it’s the Sunset that for 75 years has made this location oh so special.
With two full bars, 5 “living rooms”, 4 sunning areas, 3 Private Cabanas, The VIPs Lounge and Red Rope area, The South Beach Plaza Roof Top is one of the largest Historical Roof Top in South Beach, accessible by both elevator and stairs.
This vast Space is open year round and provides Entertainment and Relaxation to hotel guests and a select number of South Beach Plaza Hotel Special Event Pass Holders, as well as home to several annual VIP and Private Events.
For more information and pictures of this project and the South Beach Plaza Hotel please feel free to check out their website at www.beachplazahotel.com/rooftopmenegarielounge.html
ATS teams up with the El Toro Water District to help beautify and conserve! El Toro Water District takes a bold move in water conservation. As a public retailer of water in Southern California, where water is a sparse commodity, the El Toro Water District plans to have their water conservation demonstration garden completed by June 7th, 2008 for the unveiling at its Open House. The conservation garden will demonstrate the some of the most beautiful and best environmental landscape options for the Southern California region. The featured product for the demonstration garden is the LXR Pro-73S artificial turf system from ArtificialTurfSupply.com, a proud sponsor of the demonstration garden. If you are in the neighborhood and would like to see the conservation demonstration garden first hand, or are interested in the many ways we can conserve water, please check out the El Toro Water Districts website at www.etwd.com or contact ATS for more info.