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Melting the Ice: Sand or Salt?

Environmentally friendly solutions to Salt.

KIRKWOOD, Mo. — The O.K. Hatchery in Kirkwood will sell you winter salt, but they would rather sell you a environmentally friendly solution.

“It’s hard on concrete but it’s also hard on grass from all the salt that may have leached over,” said Mark Krieger of the O.K. Hatchery.

The alternatives to salt may surprise you.

“They are fertilizer based, one is potassium chloride, there’s magnesium chloride and calcium chloride which is a fancy way of saying salt, some are a blend of all three,” said Krieger.

They even have a pet friendly version.

In areas like Colorado they don’t try and melt it because it’s just impossible, so they put stuff on top for traction. You can do that and let nature take its course.

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