Gardiner was always a costly mistake for a synthetic surface. $1 million to fix the wall #sydneyflooding

Gardiner Park synthetic was opened in Dec 2022. Due to increased noise, traffic, lighting, late night games and loss of green space, 18 households have chosen to sell up & leave. A real park adds value. Plastic parks are a misery to live near. @nswdpi Bayside Council The Sydney Morning Herald

All those pesky rubber pellets that get into your socks, hair, eyes, mouth. They are more dangerous than you know. More studies and more results of the chemical that poison us. #naturalturf #fliptheturf

This is the last straw for me. Some #PFAS cause chemotherapeutic resistance - chemotherapy does not work. Time to define PFAS broadly, U.S. EPA, regulate them as a class and BAN all non-essential uses. Full fucking stop. 🤬 (Thanks, Judith Enck for flagging.) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This coming council elections, some of our groups are campaigning for councillors that support natural over plastic. Inner West Council are proposing two synthetic parks in the heritage Callan Park. The majority Labor councillors have voted in a block with Mayor Byrne (LAB) 🧵

The Everlasting Plastic Mess Catriona Carver ⚡️ open.substack.com/pub/catcarver/…

More synthetic park madness. Inner west council Sydney. Please sign and share chng.it/Ggpgp2dSpN

Expected problems from excess rainfall when constructing a synthetic turf soccer field in flood prone suburban fields in Sydney. You wouldn’t believe the cost blow out. Council: Kuringai Field: Norman Griffiths West Pymble step.org.au/index.php/step…

Urgent care doctor warns that artificial turf in the sun can cause first-degree burns. “You can actually have thermal burns, like real burns on a kid's skin.” newschannel20.com/news/local/exp…

This is why residents are moving away from what was once a peaceful green park. 9news.com.au/national/sydne…