The Charge Your Yard program offers incentives for residents and yard care businesses to switch from gas-powered to electric yard equipment. While applications are currently closed for both programs, you can sign up for our mailing list to receive updates on future opportunities!
Past incentive programs
CLOSED: Resident program
- Up to $100 for an electric string trimmer or leaf blower
- Up to $200 if you recycle a gas-powered string trimmer or leaf blower
CLOSED: Lawn care business program
- $3,000 total credit per business
- Exchange gas-powered leaf blowers, trimmers, or chainsaws and get electric lawn equipment
Why reducing 2-stroke engine emissions matters
While our cars have gotten cleaner and cleaner in recent years thanks to modern emission controls and catalytic converters, 2-stroke engines have not kept pace with these improvements. In fact, using a gas-powered leaf blower for one hour is the same as driving the average vehicle 727 miles!
Given how small and inexpensive 2-stroke engines are designed to be, complex and large emission control systems like those on modern cars aren’t feasible. Also, the very nature of 2-stroke engines means that the combustion in the chamber of the engine is far less controlled when compared to 4-stroke counterparts. Luckily, electric motors have proved to be a great alternative for 2-stroke engines in lawn and garden applications.
Examples of 2-stroke lawn equipment
Powered by a gas and oil mixture:
- Leaf blowers
- String trimmers
- Hedge trimmers
- Chainsaws
- Tillers
Lawn mowers typically are NOT 2-stroke.
