Following rejection of various petitions seeking to slow or halt the spread of harmful plastic grass, have set up an open letter to Secretary of State. Please sign 📝
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI
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Showcasing the hideous trend of plastic lawns. Cutting through greenwash & exposing examples of garden habitats being replaced by sterile and lifeless astroturf
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I have never once watered or fertilised a lawn, and I mow 3 or 4 times a year - I prefer this to plastic carpet
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We've seen all these flawed arguments before. It's almost like we're talking to the Plastic Grass industry themselves...
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The culture war is in full swing. We are truly f***ed.
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When the industry has their hand up the backside of a journalist like an Advertising Puppet!
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WHAT IS THIS 
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Miss Maggie Evans must live in a plastic bubble to believe anything she penned in this article. 
@capabilitycharl @Shitlawns @SHPFC @PlasticsRebel @EndPlasticsNow freeyork.org/architecture/h2
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Just a quick reminder that exposure to the toxic chemicals in artificial "lawns" and 3G #RubberCrumb football/sports pitches can cause cancer, change your DNA, damage your sperm, affect fertility and, if pregnant, damages the brain of your unborn baby
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If you hate fake grass as much as I do (which you should, of course) then please sign this open letter to the Secretary of State:
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I get some serious angry airtime in this new piece by from the and the wonderful gets a hat tip. "Gove plans crackdown on fake grass in new housing schemes"
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NEW COLUMN: Turf wars: the battle against plastic grass, in which I eulogise about all those things @BBCGQTV listeners call 'pests' and 'weeds', and vent my ire on #PlasticGrass. 🦋🐌🐛🐜🐝🐞
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But don't worry as will continue to allow plastic grass to expand and expand accross our gardens
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"Devastated earthworm populations in arable soils are to be expected... But declines in broadleaved woodlands... indicate that climate change and growing levels of animal-wormer pollution in soils are likely to be also driving this":
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Wonderful article by Catherine James!
My personal turf wars: the battle against plastic grass
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Housing developments aren't really doing it anyway. It's home owners that need restricting!
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Good news for @Shitlawns in the Sunday Times today as Michael Gove is to outlaw plazzy grass on all new developments!!!
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What shall we pair with our finest example, grade 1 listed, symbol of industry and civic pride? What will really show it off at its best?
I know! AstroTurf. Job done.
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Lawns can’t be used heavily every day of the year, footfall and winter wet damages them. An unrealistic expectation has been marketed to us by the “wonder product” plastic grass, at the usual significant cost to climate and nature. Let’s reclaim respect and care for living lawns.
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There is much to unpack in this stupid article by which fuels our growing disconnect with nature. Oh & quel surprise, it's a plastic grass company telling us that plants are dangerous. are carpet fitters NOT 'garden experts'
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Someone offering their valuable time and expertise for free as an attempt to persuade you not to cover your garden in plastic really should ring alarm bells in your head. Thank you for fighting the fight Alan! 👏👏👏
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I am so concerned about the use of plastic grass that if anyone on here is considering using it I will give you alternative advice ( free )as to how to landscape without it. If I can stop one square meter being layed it's worth the effort.
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“Fake turf is the manifestation of a deep cultural weakness, expressed in short-termism and a distaste and disrespect for the wonder, variety, and temporality of the natural world.”
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No no no, it puts the green in YOUR pocket, not your customers. We'll see how much time is saved when they have to brush, spray and deodorise their tacky plastic hell hole.
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Put down the rake and put the green where it belongs -- in your pocket! Save time and money by switching to artificial grass. Give us a call at (832) 772-4034 to get started.
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Good. Now ban the bloody stuff
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🌟🙌It’s here! Dave and Trev from Sleazigrass are taking giant strides in their understanding of the plastics crisis, but they’re still not exactly “eco-warriors”… #biodiversity #plasticpollution #globalplastictreaty
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Why are people so predictable. I saw a post on Facebook from someone asking if anyone can create this in their living room for them. I said to myself, I bet they have a as well... And low and behold, a lifeless garden full of paving and plastic!
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Tell me Laura hasn't done more in this short BBC News appearance than world leaders have achieved at countless COPs! See Vid 2 to hear about what we can all do to combat the #BiodiversityCrisis
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Thank you @BBCWorld for covering the importance of #biodiversity as we launch into #COP15 in Montreal. Good to discuss this with @BBCYaldaHakim 
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Fantastic article by questioning why the disasterous trend of covering gardens in plastic is going ahead unchallenged.
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Anyone who has/or likes plastic lawns should have the right to vote withdrawn
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Securing future life on earth requires us to give back to the natural world as much as we take from it. A garden is an easy space to give back in what ever way you can. We all have to find a way of giving back, even if others (👇) haven't realised it yet
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Society is happy to phase out plastic straws/bags as it's the right thing to do for a healthier future. Yet plastic lawn demand grows yr on yr like a virus unchecked equivalent to countless milions of straws ...But we'll 'let the market decide' on that WTF!!
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Hey Mario, call Luigi and get him to sort this shit show of a garden out!
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Oh my days! I didn't think you could make this stuff look worse but these guys managed it! 
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A green roof only in name!
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The roof garden was something to behold and compensated for the felling of trees on the site a few years ago.
It would have been better to see it in daylight I guess.
The perfectly manicured square of green was plastic so saves on maintenance and the urban greening factor.
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We're taxed for driving polluting vehicles, drinking and smoking because it can be harmful and costly to humanity as a collective. But this, you can get away with scot free
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One above the other on a social media feed...
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In a world full of Idiots with empty plastic lawns and shiny paving. Be Steve!
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My garden when I moved in and after I got to work on it#butterflies#Bees#nature
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Have you ever seen a more pathetic looking "garden" in all your life?
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Shall we complete the sentence that they're incapable of completing?
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....Goodbye 👋
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Watch full video here:
realmedia.press/plastics-rebel
also feature in this video, they both grow without plastic mesh. thank you for your time on this and showing us that there is a way out of plastic
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