From this month, the team responsible for Budapest's ecological wellbeing FŐKERT will no longer be spraying roads with salt to make them safe for driving over the winter. As an alternative, they are using environmentally friendly, zeolite non-slip products.
While
salt dissolves ice and snow, it is particularly harmful to the environment.
When salty-snowy slush finds its way to nearby plants, or at the base
of trees, they cannot absorb enough water, and the sodium chloride
strips the soil of important nutrients and micro-elements.
By contrast, the new
zeolite anti-slip agent now being introduced by FŐKERT is not only efficient in melting ice,
but also gentle to the surrounding greenery. In fact, the zeolite increases the
soil’s magnesium and potassium content, which is beneficial to plant life.
As
the icing on the cake, the zeolite does not leave a corrosive residue like
salt, nor stains buildings or shoes with greyish-white spots.
