Campaigners call for artificial grass tax
A new petition to the government is calling for a tax on plastic lawns to 'encourage more sustainable options'.
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Campaigners call for artificial grass tax
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Soldato
I'm not sure what's worse, plastic lawns, or houses where every interior surface is grey.
Plastic lawns for sure.
Not sure the tax is good enough tbh, outright ban them.
Permabanned
Fake grass rules. 
Man of Honour
I'd love plastic grass but not paying those prices, my Sisters lawn looks brilliant.
I'd have plastic hedges and flowers also.
I'd have plastic hedges and flowers also.
Soldato
And there is the issue more than anything
"It looks nice, sod the environment"
"It looks nice, sod the environment"
Man of Honour
I'm disabled so I haven't got time for that.
Plastic lawns have a place and if you ban them then people will just slab the garden instead.
The chucking slabs down is far worse due to all of the issues associated with drainage and water run off causing flooding. I’m fairly sure it would be more energy intensive too because of all the material that goes into them.
Gravel still needs maintenance because stuff can grow in it and it’s not the best if you have mobility issues.
The chucking slabs down is far worse due to all of the issues associated with drainage and water run off causing flooding. I’m fairly sure it would be more energy intensive too because of all the material that goes into them.
Gravel still needs maintenance because stuff can grow in it and it’s not the best if you have mobility issues.
Soldato
If it's plastic then it's not a lawn, it's a rug. Why are you admiring your sister's rug?!
Man of Honour
If it's plastic then it's not a lawn, it's a rug. Why are you admiring your sister's rug?!
Sisters rug this week, a couple of weeks ago it was my sisters breasts
Soldato
I had the scrappy, sloping lawn at my old house professionally re-turfed twice, followed their care instructions to the letter and neither lasted more than two years before becoming a patchy mess. Having only a foot of soil on top of the rubble remains of the previous house (area was explosively remodelled by the Luftwaffe during WW2) might have been something to do with it.
I turned half of it into a section of raised beds and had the rest covered in Gucci quality synthetic grass. It looked great, didn’t disturb the drainage and the ongoing maintenance involved brushing it once a week. It still looked good as new 6 years later when we sold the house.
I turned half of it into a section of raised beds and had the rest covered in Gucci quality synthetic grass. It looked great, didn’t disturb the drainage and the ongoing maintenance involved brushing it once a week. It still looked good as new 6 years later when we sold the house.
And making concrete creates a lot of green house emissions
Indeed, that’s what I meant by energy intensive.
Permabanned
Real grass sucks, all that effort, no ta.
Good. I hate mowing the lawn it's a right pain but at the same time at least the rough parts of our garden are doing their tiny bit for biodiversity.
If I could be bothered and knew I'd do the upkeep, a clover lawn would be lovely.
If I could be bothered and knew I'd do the upkeep, a clover lawn would be lovely.