To the editor: As this text states, there’s 1000’s and 1000’s of acres of synthetic turf which can be being put in in California public parks, faculties and universities, creating well being and environmental points resulting from using petroleum merchandise of their manufacture (“As California installs extra synthetic turf, well being and environmental issues multiply,” Sept. 17). For a few years, synthetic turf has been the burial floor for previous tires, offloading that downside from the tire recycling points.
Let’s exchange grass with grass. Bamboo is now a sustainable supply in constructing merchandise like flooring and furnishings in addition to materials and shutters. The plant grows like loopy and isn’t difficult to reap and course of. Manufacturing must be managed in order that it doesn’t strip the soil of vitamins over time, like many crops. However it might possible be far cheaper to reap and manufacture as “synthetic” turf than nylon and plastic sourced from fossil gasoline drilling, and isn’t filled with chemical compounds and different poisons. We have to forestall poisonous chemical compounds from stepping into our soil and watersheds and supply a cool and permeable enjoying floor.
I’m positive I’m not the primary particular person to contemplate this concept for improvement; I’d even wager there’s been some exploration of the mechanics of rising and processing a pure fiber to be used as a man-made turf. Who is aware of what number of improvement efforts have been sidelined by fossil gasoline pursuits?
Laurie Barlow, San Marino
