Please don’t do it, fashionable or not.
It’s eco-unfriendly for a huge number of reasons:
- the production process - it’s plastic and it isn’t even recyclable.
- it kills the wildlife - absence of worms and critters keeps away birds as well.
- it overheats in the summer, so it may need watering to keep cool!
- micro plastics are washed off it into the underlying soil.
- any leaves, etc that fall onto it won’t decompose, so you will need to keep it clean (Some people hoover it!)
Some better elaborated points, e.g., here:
https://www.jackwallington.com/17-reaso ... vironment/
Paving will also overheat and prevent water flow.
Keep your lawn, accept that it won’t be perfect but it will be much better for the environment. I personally don’t even like the too-uniform look of a fake lawn and prefer the patches and mud of a real one!
If you like it, clover is a nice alternative which will look less patchy and will need less maintenance and mowing.
