But the most significant change in modern science is not just about the amount of noise, but how we experience it. Noise is no longer understood solely as a problem that affects hearing, it is also recognised as a systemic environmental pollutant. Transport noise is now one of the leading environmental cause of illness in Europe, second only to air pollution.
I hate grass and I hate all the stupid shit it takes to maintain it. Mowers, blowers, weed whackers. All that fucking stupid waste to cut grass and put it in a landfill.
Grass consumes so many resources only to end up in the dump. Most of my neighbors bag it up and put it in the trash. Water, useless fertilizer, pesticides, weed killer and other stuff, it is nontrivial.
Omfg, at least compost it! Fucking morons and their grass. I cut mine like every three weeks and clean up none of it. It can just lay there. If I didn’t live in a bullshit hoa neighborhood, I would just let it turn into a meadow. Ive seeded microclover, but it’s slow to take over. Working on it a little more each year.
We throw ours in a ditch which I think is technically illegal for some stupid reason but I’ll be damned if I’m using a plastic bag for organic waste that I could just kinda… leave there.
Composting isn’t bad, but most ditches exist to manage water. I’ve dealt with the fallout of shifting water tables and clogged culverts. Maybe find a better place to dump the clippings. Or just start a compost pile. They’re not tough, just water and stir it every so often.
Just going to add: add browns, such as paper, torn carboard, wood chips… otherwise your pile of grass risks becoming a stinky anaerobic monstruosity.