12/16/24 - 110 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA: http://tinyurl.com/3ubmzu7a
| Share this: | ||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Western PA Residents Have Until June 15 To Mow Down Air Pollution
|
|
There is still time to participate in the Southwest Pennsylvania Air Quality Partnership, Inc.’s Clean Mower Exchange rebate program.
Southwest Pennsylvania residents can exchange a gasoline-powered lawnmower and/or trimmer for a rebate toward the purchase of an electric or battery-powered mower and/or trimmer at 17 participating True Value stores in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene, and Westmoreland Counties.
“Residents have an opportunity to help mow down air pollution by replacing the gasoline-powered lawn equipment with an electric or battery-powered version that doesn’t produce volatile organic compounds that bake in the summer sunlight to produce ground-level ozone,” Betsy Mallison, Partnership Clean Mower Exchange Program Coordinator said. “We have plenty of rebates available, so it’s time to take action on this opportunity.”
Ground-level ozone affects everyone, but the young, the old and those with respiratory problems are most at risk. However, when ground-level ozone concentrations are unhealthy, particularly during Air Quality Action Days, everyone is at risk.
The Partnership is offering 300 rebates available on a first-come, first-serve basis, one rebate per household for a lawnmower and/or a lawn trimmer. Residents, at their convenience, may visit their local participating True Value Store to exchange the lawn equipment.
The purchase of the new electric or battery-powered mowers and trimmers must be completed by May 31 and the rebate information mailed into the Partnership by June 15.
To claim the rebate, residents need to send a copy of a receipt, the UPC code from the product box, mower survey and the rebate coupon they received at the True Value Store. Residents will receive a $100 rebate toward the purchase of the lawnmower and $25 toward the purchase of the trimmer.
The Partnership will work with Evey True Value and Michael Brothers to drain the oil and gasoline and to recycle the equipment. A list of participating stores is available online.
For more information, visit Southwest Pennsylvania Air Quality Partnership’s Clean Mower Exchange Rebate webpage.
|
|
5/21/2012 |
| Go To Preceding Article Go To Next Article |
