The Benefits Of Artificial Turf To Home Owners, Property Managers
Architects, Designers, and Developers

Worry Free Synthetic Grass and Artificial Turf Benefits

Reduced maintenance cost on mowers, edger's, fertilizers, weed killer, pesticides, irrigation systems and hourly wages or your own time which could be spent on other things you might enjoy more. More than that you yard will never suffer from
drought of weed infestation. If you go no vacation your yard will not look neglected while you are away.

Just on the maintenance cost alone for lawn mowing you can save $2600 on an average residential lot and your lawn will always look terrific.

Water Studies:

Water studies, commissioned on a private basis, have proven significant water savings by using synthetic turf for leisure sports and landscape uses. A study done in the Marin County Water District, demonstrated a 43% savings in water, for the site, after installation of the first play field in the area.

Many city lots and environmentally sensitive areas are accessed for water and sewage fees based upon the amount of “lawn” that the property supports. Some residential homes may pay more than $55 per month for their water and are assessed another fee per month as a “waste water reclamation fee”. These hidden costs can be eliminated completely saving around another $1450 annually that is a combined savings of $4050 in the first year alone.

Your artificial turf could pay for itself very quickly and help reduce the over all
cost of maintaining your home .

Environmental Benefits of Artificial Turf ( Ask yourself these 5 questions: )

Do you have a lawn?
Do you use fertilizers and pesticides, weed killer etc?
How much watering does it take each year?
How often do you have to cut the grass?
Do you use a petrol-driven lawnmower?

If any one or more of these 5 points applies to you then you are in some way creating a negative effective upon the environment.
This is where using artificial grass can help.
Admittedly, artificial turf is produced in a factory that produces carbon emissions but the damage caused in producing products for natural grass is much greater.

Below are key issues where artificial grass can benefit the environment. The arguments put forward are, at the very least, stimulating, possibly even concerning. Either way we hope to have made out a good case for how artificial grass can be an ally to both our generation and the next's in the fight against global pollution.

Just how much pollution does the average lawnmower produce?

Surprisingly the answer is a lot of pollution. Just one hour with a petrol-driven lawnmower is the equivalent of a 100 mile car trip according to the Environmental Protection Agency. This was discovered by researchers in Sweden. When you also consider that both the Environmental Protection Agency in the USA as well as the EU are looking to limit pollution from non-road engines then a lot of people are going to be wondering if they should fit a catalytic converter to their lawn mower. The best alternative is probably to install artificial grass, thus reducing pollution whilst at the same time saving yourself a lot of work

It's official - grass clippings do contribute to urban water pollution

In many towns and cities where most of the land is covered with concrete and buildings how does the rain water flow away? The answer, of course, is through the storm drains but into these drains also go:

1. Pesticides and fertilizers
2. Paints and old chemicals from your garage
3. Anti-freeze from your car
4. Motor oil either spilled or surplus to requirements

All these pollutants will run straight into the nearest river and rarely go into a water treatment plant. So what about grass clippings? Well they can readily block drains and so add further complications to the pollution issue. Of course if you have artificial grass you don't need to worry about sweeping up your clippings and then mulching them. If you invest in an artificial lawn, you will never need to buy fertilizer and worry about how it could be polluting your local river and wildlife.