New eco-friendly lawn mower? How about $100 from AQMD.

Filed under: House + Garden — StyleGuide @ 9:09 pm

Of course, the most Earth-friendly idea is to replace grass with something less thirsty like drought-tolerant plants.  If you can’t go cold turkey on the green stuff, you can make your lawn the tiniest bit more Earth-friendly by trading up to an electric mower.

Using a typical gas mower for one year can pollute as much as 43 new cars driven for a year.  That’s why the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) is making it easy to switch to a ”green” mower.

Their lawn mower exchange program allows residents to turn in their working gas-powered lawn mower and purchase a new cordless rechargeable electric mower for only $100.  The new mower, made by the Neuton Lawn Mower Company, is a $400 value.  It operates for 45-60 minutes on a single charge of the battery, and it comes with a rear-mounted bag as well as a mulching kit.

The one I got is easy to use, powerful and efficient, and does a great job keeping our small patch of lawn looking clean and trimmed.  The simple self-mulching features means no clippings to throw away.

You must pre-register, and registration for the 2008 Lawn Mower Exchange Program will begin on March 18, 2008 at 9 a.m.  AQMD will send you an email reminder of when registration opens if you sign up now for the Lawn Mower Exchange List Serve.  Enter your e-mail address twice and then select the Lawn Mower Exchange List Serve from the list of options.

To be eligible for this very stylish deal, you must live in AQMD’s four-county jurisdiction, which includes all of Orange County, most of Los Angeles County (excluding the Antelope Valley), almost all of Riverside County, and the non-desert portion of San Bernardino County.

Price:  $$$$

Where:  Sites in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties in California 

When:  Different Saturdays in April and May, 2008

Call:  888.425.6247

http://www.aqmd.gov/tao/lawnmower.html

Into green yard care?  Check out cheap composters from the City of L.A. here.

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