Help the environment, make better choices, Marianna Ariganello writes. It's the time of year when we either take out the shovels or take out the road salt. De-icing your steps and driveway using traditional road salt comes at a steep environmental and financial price. Environmentally it increases the salinity (salt content) of soils, damages plants, contaminates ground and surface water, and leads to the death of aquatic life. Financially, because salt is corrosive, it damage