The Cost of Turf and 5 Eco-Friendly Reasons to Buy Recycled

If you’re like many homeowners, you may be considering ways to improve your home. And when you’re considering installing artificial grass, the cost of turf can be top of mind. Many people do not know about the availability of recycled artificial turf. Buying recycled turf can reduce the cost significantly plus it has other eco-friendly benefits.

Replacing your natural lawn is a great way to improve your front, side, and backyard. Making this switch allows you to save on water and save on weekly maintenance while enjoying a beautiful lawn all year round. However, many have voiced concerns about how good this turf is for the environment.

Let’s take a look.

First, What Is Recycled Grass Anyway?

If you were to buy a new artificial lawn, that lawn would come straight from the factory.

If you buy a recycled one though, that lawn has been serving a purpose elsewhere, before being taken back up and sold on. These days, the majority of recycled grass comes from sports stadiums and playing fields. Managers of sports centers have long known of the benefits of using artificial grass over real grass. In fact, baseball stadiums were the first to ever use it.

All grass that is recycled for home use is in excellent condition, so there’s no need to worry about getting a clearly used or sub par looking lawn. The great thing about artificial grass is that it can hold up to all kinds of use, for extended periods of time. When you buy your recycled lawn, it’ll look as good as new.

So, what are the advantages to buying recycled grass? Here are just a few reasons why you should consider it.

Here are just a few reasons why you should consider it.

1. Repurpose Materials

We’re passionate about producing eco-friendly solutions AND minimizing waste.

And we believe most homeowners as well.

AGR was founded in order to help homeowners, business owners, and sports organizations achieve this goal by repurposing materials. We developed a way to extend the life of artificial grass so it doesn’t go to waste prematurely.

In addition to the more affordable pricing, recycled artificial turf requires fewer production resources.

2. One and Done

People with real lawns know that they can be a nightmare to keep alive.

Depending on your circumstances and the climate where you live, you could be forever reseeding or re-turfing your lawn. If you don’t, it can keep going brown and dry, or even dying on you.

This takes up a lot of resources, especially water, in order to keep your lawn looking green and healthy. Instead, with recycled grass, all you have to do is lay it once. You may have to give it a brush to keep it looking fresh, but that’s it. No more dead spots, no more sun damage. You’ll never have to worry about it again.

3. Save Water

Water is the biggest problem when it comes to your lawn. A lawn can take up as much as 60% of a household’s water use. What’s worse, as much as 50% of water used outdoors is wasted through inefficient watering systems, according to the EPA. This is especially true in the summer months. When it’s hot outside, your lawn can be greedy, drinking up water just as fast as you can spray it.

A recycled lawn, though, doesn’t need any water at all. As it’s artificial, it will stay green no matter what. It won’t even lose it’s color in the sun, thanks to the quality production cycles most lawns now go through. The only time you’ll ever need water is when you want to wash your lawn off. Even then, it’ll take much less water than it used to.

4. Stop Using that Fossil Fuel-Powered Lawnmower

You may feel as though you’ve cut your fuel consumption by using a smaller, push lawnmower. However, you’d be surprised to learn that they use up just as much fuel as a ride-on lawnmower, as they take longer to cut your lawn!

If you want to quit using your inefficient lawn mower altogether, then the recycled lawn is the way to go. Once that lawn is down in your backyard, there’s no need to ever mow it. It’s the perfect length, all year round. As well as saving fuel, you can start enjoying your yard rather than constantly mowing it. What’s better than a lawn that always keeps itself neat?

5. Pesticides Are A Thing of the Past

You may well use pesticides in your garden in order to keep your lawn healthy. It’s a well-known practice to spray lawns in order to keep them safe. However, those pesticides could be doing more harm than good.

Pesticides not only kill off the threats to your garden, but they kill the good bugs, too. Pesticides aren’t picky about what they kill, so you could actually be seriously harming the ecosystem in your area. With honey bee populations drastically falling, every gardener needs to be making sure that they’re protecting the bugs that they need to survive.

An artificial lawn will never need spraying with pesticides, as weeds and bugs can’t live in them. There’s no organic material, so that lawn is no good to them. You can have that perfect green lawn without ever having to crack out another chemical again.

As a bonus, if you have pets this means you never have to keep them out of the garden again. You can let them enjoy the lawn, without worrying about them accidentally ingesting pesticides.

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Turf Also Complements Your Garden

There are lots of reasons why you’d pick a recycled artificial lawn. Saving the planet is just one of them. Here are a few more reasons why you should consider it:

Price: A lawn can be much cheaper than you’d think.
Savings: Save on water and fuel costs, meaning you’ll pay a lot less in bills.
Save time: No more watering and mowing!
Enjoy your backyard: Get to enjoy your garden all year round, without the work.

A recycled lawn could be just the thing to make your backyard more eco-friendly. Look into it today. It’s much more feasible than you’d think.