Campaigners are petitioning the federal government to introduce a tax on synthetic lawns “with the intention to act as a deterrent and inspire land homeowners against much less harmful and extra sustainable choices”.

One of the campaigners calling for the tax, Charlotte Howard, says plastic grass ‘kills the rest within the soil underneath’.

In a observation, a central authority spokesperson mentioned “there aren’t any present plans to introduce a tax on synthetic grass” however that “in long term, traits which contain the laying of synthetic grass on the expense of herbal landscaping will likely be required to improve biodiversity in different ways.”