No mowing, no watering? Increasingly, luxury landscape designers are relying on artificial turf, once regarded with disdain. You, too, can deploy it judiciously, but first consider these pros and cons ...

A fake plastic one A worker removes artificial turf from the Seattle Seahawks’ stadium in 2008, then known as Qwest Field. (Elaine Thompson / Associated Press) ...

"I'd vote for neither," said one Redditor. The original poster said that since they moved from a tropical climate several ...

Opinion: Plastic turf carries high cost for human health and the planet Touted as an alternative to natural grass, artificial turf contains hazardous chemicals and can increase player injuries ...

Summer is here. The days are bright, and the evenings are long. And amateur athletes of all shapes and sizes have been ...

Artificial turf is designed to look like a living lawn, but the grass blades are made of plastic. They're attached to a plastic backing and sometimes contain a rubber and sand infill. Since the ...

In an anti-lawns subreddit, a Reddit user posted a photo and stirred up a heated debate about artificial turf as a ...

As Santa Clara County supervisors consider a proposed artificial turf ban on county-owned land, parents and activists are pointing to the disposal of a local high school’s old field to highlight ...

A city councilmember from Manhattan and environmental activists are launching a war on turf. Councilmember Christopher Marte has introduced legislation that would end the use of artificial turf in ...

But I think the solution is not necessarily building more fields with plastic turf.” The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is expected to vote on the proposed artificial turf ban on Tuesday.

When the Portsmouth, N.H., school district decided to replace its artificial playing fields with new turf, it paid to have the old carpet recycled. Instead, environmental activists found it ...

Artificial Turf’s Next Home? Complaints follow removal of Richard Montgomery High School field material.