The Impact Of Artificial Turf On The Environment

The impact on air conditions: Natural lawns are composed of green plants, which can absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen through the physiological metabolic process of photosynthesis. They can also absorb toxic gases such as sulfur dioxide, hydrogen fluoride, ammonia, and chlorine, playing a role in purifying the air. Natural lawns have a significant blocking effect on dust, and measurement data shows that when there are three or four levels of wind, the dust concentration in the air above the bare ground is 13 times higher than that above the lawn. Research has shown that a 25 square meter lawn can absorb all the carbon dioxide exhaled by a person, convert it into oxygen, and meet the oxygen requirements for human respiration. Artificial turf is a non-living substance made of polymers such as polyethylene and polypropylene, which cannot carry out the metabolic activities of green plants and therefore does not have the function of regulating carbon and oxygen balance in the atmosphere. Although artificial lawns can to some extent block dust, they do not have the function of absorbing toxic gases to purify the atmosphere. In addition, low level artificial turf fibers often contain chlorine impurities, which can decompose and release chlorine gas under high temperature and strong sunlight conditions, damaging air quality.