Category: Environment
Better Ecology Is In Our Hands
All salts are harmful to the environment, infrastructure, and freshwater resources. Excess salt use will have an evident impact on grass, shrubs, and other landscape foliage. Salt runoff from roads...
5 Environmentally Friendly Ice Melt Options
Ice melt, a substance used for melting ice in snowy areas, needs to be judicially used and selected as it poses environmental hazards. How Can Ice Melt Be An Environmental Hazard?...
Should You Put Ice Melt Down Before Snow?
Ice melt is a solution for dealing with snow and ice, and it has its advantages when used appropriately. However, how you use it is crucial. While there are many...
Rock Salt has destroyed our roads, sidewalks, and driveways
The brutal winter storms that wreaked havoc across the United States were neither expected nor welcome. The salt trucks worked overtime in both metropolitan and rural areas, which seemed to...
Ice Melt Safe For Driveways
Driveway installers argue about whether concrete or asphalt is the better material, and there is plenty of debate. But one thing they certainly agree on is that rock salt should...
The Dangers of Sodium Chloride Ice Melters
Sodium chloride (NaCl) is the primary mineral ingredient in some types of rock salt and alternative ice melters. It is also the formula for table salt, but does that make...
Magnesium Chloride Ice Melt Is Dangerous To People And Pets
Dangers of Magnesium Chloride Ice Melt This chloride-based magnesium ice melt does work in extreme colds. When the temperature drops below about 15 degrees Fahrenheit, the melting process slows significantly...
Salt Hazards – Is Rock Salt Poisonous To Humans?
Typical warning label found on rock salt and salt-based ice melt products: “Danger! Keep away from pets and children wear rubber gloves and goggles when using. Wash contaminated clothing and...
Go Green – What You Can Do To Stop The Rapid Ice Melt of The Glaciers
At Safe Paw we love helping the environment and reducing our carbon footprint. We talk about ice melter a lot and felt it was only right to address the ice...