Division of Air Quality
Charge Your Yard Incentive Programs
The Charge Your Yard program offers incentives for residents and yard care businesses to switch from gas-powered to electric yard equipment. Sign up for our mailing list to receive updates on future opportunities!
Incentive programs
We have two programs for exchanging these pieces of equipment:
Lawnmowers are NOT eligible!
String trimmers
Leaf blowers
Hedgers
Edgers
Chainsaws
CLOSED: Lawn care business program
- Up to $3,000 for new electric handheld yard equipment
- Exchange gas-powered leaf blowers, trimmers, or chainsaws and get electric lawn equipment
CLOSED: Resident program
- Up to $100 for new electric handheld yard equipment
- Up to $200 if you recycle a gas-powered leaf blower, trimmer, or chainsaw
Sign up to get notified about future incentive programs
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.
