It's bad stuff for our bikes and of course cages but it really helps. A few years ago Seattle decided that salt was bad juju for the environment since it drains into salt water Puget Sound.
It made driving in town very dangerous in snowy or icy weather. For those who have not visited our area, Seattle, like south Kitsap county where I live on the west side of PS, is very hilly. Fortunately, our side of the pond still salts but does so smartly and sparingly.
Vermont is such a beautiful state and it looks like your trees have already lost most of their leaves. Our daughter sent us a pic from her Colorado Springs home last week and their first snow.