Scrapbook Photo 03/25/24 - 93 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA: http://tinyurl.com/3729bhvv
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

Return to This PA Environment Digest's Main Page