North Hempstead, New York officials are working toward a ban on all gas-powered landscaping equipment within the next decade, Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said in an interview with Newsday and News12 Long Island.
Bosworth said that companies making electric landscaping equipment are improving the devices every year in terms of battery life, horsepower and ease of use. In five to 10 years, electric equipment will be just as effective as gas-powered equipment, allowing the town to outlaw gas-powered mowers, trimmers and blowers, she said.
“With the amount of attention that’s been paid to it and the research that’s going on, the hope is that the [electric] equipment will get to the point where it really can be interchangeable,” Bosworth said. “But there’s still room for them to grow in terms of being as effective as they need to be.”
Until then, North Hempstead continues its work on a law to prohibit from June 1 to September 30 the use of gas-powered leaf blowers and weed trimmers before 8 a.m. or after 7 p.m. on weekdays, and before 10 a.m. and after 5 p.m. on weekends and holidays, according to a draft of the law.
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