Did you know gasoline-powered lawn and garden equipment is a source of high levels of localize emissions that include hazardous air pollutants. Members of the public, including children are expose to high levels of dangerous emissions from landscape maintenance equipment use in areas such as schools, neighborhoods and other.
30 minutes of the typical 2-stroke leaf blower creates the same amount of pollution as driving a ford truck from Texas to Alaska.
Today, operating the best-selling commercial lawn mower for one hour emits as much smog-forming pollution as driving a 4 passenger car, about 300 miles approximately the distance from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
Today, operating the best-selling commercial lawn mower for one hour emits as much smog-forming pollution as driving a 4 passenger car, about 300 miles approximately the distance from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
Portable Gasoline containers account for about 87 tons a day of smog-forming pollution in California. That's equals to emissions from about 1 million cars. This type of pollution is created by accidental spillage, when fumes leak into the air; refilling from pump to container. This means that before equipment like a leaf blower or lawn mower has even begun to be operated, it has already created harmful smog pollution.