Wales may ban fake grass

Good idea, but it's probably a bit late. I bet there's probably a good number of homes in Wales with the stuff already.
 
The article is pretty strange to be fair.... they want it currently banned in areas that Welsh Gov control, except from sports pitches. So ban people from buying and using it, but allow councils to cover huge swathes of sports pitches in it.

As for the above comment, i'll put that in the usual idiotic poster bin.
 
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If you want an evergreen lawn just do what an old colleague did and lay green dyed concrete :D.

Is there anything in the Welsh manifesto about banning fake Christmas trees?
 
Love mine and I would be very sorry to go, I say this every time it comes up but in a small house with a postage stamp north facing garden and two kids I can't think of anything better to have in the garden. When we had grass the garden was basically unusable for six months of the year as it was a permanent bog due to never getting enough sun to dry it. It was better in the summer as we get a little more sun in the garden but drying times could still be ridiculous and the most walked bits were never green for long along side which owning and maintaining a lawn mower and edger to deal with a 3mx4m lawn which I had to carry through the house in and out of the cellar every time I wanted to use it was a total waste of time. Since having the fake stuff put down the garden is used all year round and in the summer with the bifold doors open is just like an extra room in our house no need to for shoes we can all just walk in and out and it dries in a very short time span after it rains. No other surface would provide the same experience as the fake lawn and we have beds full of flowers for the bees and bird feeders dotted about so we have tried to minimise the impact on nature and as a plus the local cats and foxes won't poo on fake grass! I know plenty of people have an irrational hatred of fake grass but it has plenty of valid use cases for me! We are in the process of moving to a house with a much bigger garden where we likely won't have fake grass but I will certainly miss the convenience of the experience.
 
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Love mine and I would be very sorry to go, I say this every time it comes up but in a small house with a postage stamp north facing garden and two kids I can't think of anything better to have in the garden. When we had grass the garden was basically unusable for six months of the year as it was a permanent bog due to never getting enough sun to dry it. It was better in the summer as we get a little more sun in the garden but drying times could still be ridiculous and the most walked bits were never green for long along side which owning and maintaining a lawn mower and edger to deal with a 3mx4m lawn which I had to carry through the house in and out of the cellar every time I wanted to use it was a total waste of time. Since having the fake stuff put down the garden is used all year round and in the summer with the bifold doors open is just like an extra room in our house no need to for shoes we can all just walk in and out and it dries in a very short time span after it rains. No other surface would provide the same experience as the fake lawn and we have beds full of flowers for the bees and bird feeders dotted about so we have tried to minimise the impact on nature and as a plus the local cats and foxes won't poo on fake grass! I know plenty of people have an irrational hatred of fake grass but it has plenty of valid use cases for me! We are in the process of moving to a house with a much bigger garden where we likely won't have fake grass but I will certainly miss the convenience of the experience.
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Stop it - your not allowed to put a proper cohesive argument together for having one......your a blemish on society and should be banned lol :D
 
Welshman said:
The article is pretty strange to be fair.... they want it currently banned in areas that Welsh Gov control, except from sports pitches. So ban people from buying and using it, but allow councils to cover huge swathes of sports pitches in it.

As for the above comment, i'll put that in the usual idiotic poster bin.
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To be fair I don't think sports pitches have ever been good for wildlife, they usually are barren grass, you cant say the same for the gardens however and the loss of the traditional garden is having an impact. e.g https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-65375197
 
Whats also pathetic with statement posted within the article, is this bit here

"There are quite worrying reports, from a number of university sources, saying that the toxicity coming off artificial grass, if it's played on by children and so on, is quite alarming."

But yet its ok to use them for sports pitches. does the toxic gases not come off it, if adults play on them then.
 
200sols said:
To be fair I don't think sports pitches have ever been good for wildlife, they usually are barren grass, you cant say the same for the gardens however and the loss of the traditional garden is having an impact. e.g https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-65375197
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but again...ok for councils to use it, but not the every day person on the street.

And before the posts of this that and the next thing about me...i have 3 grass lawns, 7 fruit trees, rose bushes a plenty, grow my own veg in my greenhouse and have plenty of pollinating plants in the garden for the insects and bees.
 
Welshman said:
Whats also pathetic with statement posted within the article, is this bit here

"There are quite worrying reports, from a number of university sources, saying that the toxicity coming off artificial grass, if it's played on by children and so on, is quite alarming."

But yet its ok to use them for sports pitches. does the toxic gases not come off it, if adults play on them then.
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No expert but it could be because children would need lower levels of whatever toxicity to become an issue compared to adults, plus kids tend to spend more time in contact with it on the floor where as adults will just walk on it in shoes/boots.

Also you'll only be on a sport pitch for an hour or so a week maybe where as if its at home kids could spend hours every day on it so their exposure could be vastly higher?
 
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but again...ok for councils to use it, but not the every day person on the street.

And before the posts of this that and the next thing about me...i have 3 grass lawns, 7 fruit trees, rose bushes a plenty, grow my own veg in my greenhouse and have plenty of pollinating plants in the garden for the insects and bees.
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I don't think its hard to understand why its acceptable in specific use cases but at the same time understand the issues it is causing as more people plastic up their green spaces.
 
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