I have a huge yellow grit container outside my flat which we’ve been sprinkling into the block’s parking lot for days now. Grit is usually rock salt ― but why does sodium get rid of ice to ...

Road grit is actually the “remains of an ancient ocean” writes journalist Ed Conway, author of Material World, one which is now buried deep beneath our feet. Salt that is used on roads and ...

To find your nearest community grit location, check your local council’s website below for the address and take a suitable container which can then be filled with up to 10kg of rock salt for ...