A Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) lawn equipment discount and exchange held April 23 sold 944 discounted electric lawn mowers and 732 electric trimmers within minutes of online registration opening. DEQ’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) offered additional discounts for people who brought in gas-powered lawn equipment in exchange for an electric model.
The lawn equipment change-out event was funded under a grant from DAQ’s Clean Air Retrofit, Replacement, and Off-Road Technology (CARROT) Program. For the past two years, CARROT has provided incentives to individuals and small businesses to reduce mobile emissions from small-engine and heavy-duty diesel equipment.
