Cash for clunkers? Try cash for blowers.
Professional gardeners can start exchanging their old noisy diesel-spewing backpack leaf blowers for newer quieter low-emission units this week through an incentive program.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District began registration Aug. 18 to replace up to 1,500 of the polluting leaf blowers until the program is sold out.
It’s the forth year in a row the SCAQMD has initiated the program with hopes to cut down on smog pollution the backpack blowers produce
The new blowers will be sold for $200 plus tax, representing a $270 discount from the retail price of $470. The old blowers will be scrapped.
The old blowers will be replaced by the STIHL BR 500 models, which is nearly four times cleaner than the California Air Resources Board’s standard for new blowers and it is one the of quietest models available, according to the SCAQMD web site.
The state agency hopes the incentive will protect public health by reducing an additional 21 tons of smog-forming pollution a year.
To qualify for the leaf blower exchange, participants must register by calling (888) 425-6247. The first exchange occurs on Thursday, Aug. 27 at Simon’s Power Equipment at Valley Plaza Park at 12240 Archwood St. in North Hollywood.
3 comments:
I for one am in need of a leaf blower as i'm tired having complaints from my neighbors because of the noise my old clunky tool makes.
But spending $200 on such thing.. come one, that's not at all cheap. I've seen some good choices on Amazon that go from $50 to $150. For $160 you can even get a professional Husqvarna.
So, it's not like i don't find this offer interesting, but come on, what can this Stihl device offer to justify that price?
Good point, there are probably a multitude of ways that one can find affordable leaf blowers that are low-emissions and quiet. I was just pointing out how this agency is trying to get more people out there to switch because of the environmental factors. I understand you also have to be a professional gardener to apply. My guess is not many people will take advantage of the discount, but from what I hear this is a really good leaf blower.
Thanks.
And, how does a newer blower eliminate the particulate matter, dust, debris, fertilizer, dried bird and other feces, dried gasoline and oil in the street, once it is blown up, to drift in the air for up to three days?
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