Reducing Emissions from Small Gas-Powered Equipment

Metro Vancouver is considering actions to reduce air emissions from small gasoline and diesel equipment used in landscaping, such as lawn mowers, leaf blowers, hedge and line trimmers, weed whackers, and chainsaws.

Small gasoline and diesel non-road engines emit harmful air contaminants, including carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, fine particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, and greenhouse gases. Around 430,000 pieces of landscaping equipment were powered by those engines in Metro Vancouver in 2019. As new technology becomes available, transitioning this equipment to zero-emission electric alternatives can help significantly improve regional air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

To guide future actions, Metro Vancouver is collecting feedback to understand key challenges that specific sectors and groups might face in transitioning to zero-emission landscaping equipment. We encourage you to provide feedback by July 31, 2023. Please follow the next steps to complete the short feedback form.