{"id":5798,"date":"2019-12-09T05:09:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T13:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/?p=5798"},"modified":"2019-12-09T05:20:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T13:20:46","slug":"cleaner-and-greener-salts-are-being-used-to-keep-canadian-roads-ice-free-learn-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/2019\/12\/09\/cleaner-and-greener-salts-are-being-used-to-keep-canadian-roads-ice-free-learn-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleaner and Greener salts are being used to keep Canadian Roads ice free &#8211; learn more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/2019\/02\/06\/salt-ernatives-options-keep-roads-clear-freshwater-clean-winter\/\"><strong>Canadian municipalities are using greener alternative to traditional salts &#8211; learn more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are also some things you can do at home to make an impact:<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Use the right amount.<\/strong>&nbsp;You only need a pill bottle size amount of salt for every square metre of sidewalk or walkway. Thoroughly shovel first, and consider clearing a smaller walkway to reduce your impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;Colder than -10? Consider an alternative.<\/strong>&nbsp;When it\u2019s really cold, salt isn\u2019t effective. If the temperature is too cold for salt, look into alternatives like sand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/2019\/12\/09\/cleaner-and-greener-salts-are-being-used-to-keep-canadian-roads-ice-free-learn-more\/screen-shot-2019-12-09-at-5-10-13-am\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5801\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5801 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-09-at-5.10.13-AM-1024x418.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"204\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/2019\/12\/09\/cleaner-and-greener-salts-are-being-used-to-keep-canadian-roads-ice-free-learn-more\/screen-shot-2019-12-09-at-5-10-27-am\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5802\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5802\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-09-at-5.10.27-AM-1024x625.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"305\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/2019\/12\/09\/cleaner-and-greener-salts-are-being-used-to-keep-canadian-roads-ice-free-learn-more\/screen-shot-2019-12-09-at-5-10-51-am\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5804\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5804 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-09-at-5.10.51-AM-1024x642.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian municipalities are using greener alternative to traditional salts &#8211; learn more There are also some things you can do at home to make an impact: \u25cf&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Use the right amount.&nbsp;You only need a pill bottle size amount of salt for &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/2019\/12\/09\/cleaner-and-greener-salts-are-being-used-to-keep-canadian-roads-ice-free-learn-more\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":519,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5798"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/519"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5798"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5809,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5798\/revisions\/5809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}