Resource Center
Enjoy browsing our resources! The Center is designed to educate and inform professionals, the public, and our members about the harms of gas-powered leaf blowers and actions taken to end the use of this heavily polluting and hazardous tool. Legislation, voluntary action, and outreach & education are critical to accelerating the transition to quieter and healthier alternatives.
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Legislation-related Resources
- Toolkit for getting laws passed (PennEnvironment, 3/14/2024) Can be tailored to municipalities outside Pennsylvania
- Testimonies for Washington, D.C. ordinance (Quiet Clean D.C.)
- How to Get a Gas Leaf Blower Ban in Your Community
- For Policy Makers: Tips for a Successful Gas Leaf Blower Policy
Resources for Outreach and Education
Outreach Materials
- Example outreach materials – yard signs, hand-outs, door hangers, post cards, infographics.
Incentive Programs
- Example financial incentive programs, by state – rebate programs, tool exchanges, etc.
Harms of gas-powered leaf blowers
- Why ban gas leaf blowers? (Quiet Clean Alliance)
- All about leaf blowers (Healthy Yards)
- Fact sheets (Leave Leaves Alone)
- Gas-powered leaf blowers fact sheet (Quiet Clean Philly)
- Facts & myths FAQ (Quiet Clean D.C.)
- Facts, dangers, solutions (Quiet Clean PDX)
- Resources on GLBs, by topic (Quiet Clean PDX)
- Public health issues from 2-stroke engines (Quiet Clean D.C.)
- Resources on public health issues, alternative approaches (Quiet Clean D.C.)
- Get the facts (Quiet Montclair)
- Resources including media items and timeline-history of GLBs (Quiet Princeton)
- Impacts of leaf blowers (Santa Cruz C.H.A.S.E.)
- Q&A: 3 common questions (Santa Cruz C.H.A.S.E.)
Transitioning off gas
- The why, what and how of saying good-bye to GLBs (Sustainable Montclair)
- The economics of switching to battery-powered leaf blowers: a cost comparison (Santa Cruz C.H.A.S.E.)
Electric yard-care trend
- Lawn care goes electric – county-level data (Environment America, 10/30/2023)
- The movement to ‘make America rake again’ (Reasons to be Cheerful magazine, 1/18/2024) Quiet Clean PDX co-chair Michael Hall interviewed.
- Gas vs. electric leaf blower: which is better? Our rigorous battery of tests settles the question (Consumer Reports, 5/16/2023)
- The shift from gas to battery (NALP’s magazine The Edge, 3/22/2023)
- Battery or gas? Looking to the future of outdoor power equipment (Husqvarna, 2/4/2021)
- Expanding 100%-battery landscaping across NJ – case study of Blue Sky/Green Earth; profiles EGO commercial products (OPE+, 12/19/2023)