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Resident urges Waukee to study plastic-backed sod and consider biodegradable alternatives
Summary
A longtime resident presented samples of plastic-backed sod used under turf, asked the council to place the issue on a future agenda and invited a vendor to demonstrate a truly plant-based biodegradable alternative.
A Waukee resident told the City Council she believes plastic-backed sod used by some growers leaves microplastic fragments in city soil and surface water and asked the city to research alternatives and consider code changes.
“I took all of this out of about a 10‑by‑10 square foot patch of my lawn,” Rebecca Johnson said, showing what she described as plastic material used under sod. Johnson said she had documented the…
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