Landscapers! Tired of smelling like gas after using your gas-powered landscaping equipment? That smell is from air pollutants that can affect employee health and air quality in the populated communities the equipment serves.

Up to $300,000 is available to buy electric-powered landscaping equipment such as pole saws, string or hedge trimmers, leaf and backpack blowers, lawn mowers, and chain saws.

One week left! Apply by December 5, 2018.

Benefits of electric-powered equipment:

• Safer for employees & communities – No smell reduces respiratory impacts and is generally more pleasant to work with, and quieter use lessens hearing loss.
• Lighter -- Easy to use, haul up, and carry across distances and multiple locations. Reduces cord and lifting-related injuries.
• Powerful -- Equal performance to gas in many applications.
• Saves money -- No more buying gas. Save lost productivity - less maintenance and time spent in the shop as well down time from flooding.
• Battery life -- Often a short charge time and battery lasts.

Eligible applicants: businesses under 500 employees, governmental agencies, educational institutions, non-profits, or trade groups/associations. Strong preference for projects in highly populated, environmental justice areas.

The maximum grant amount is $24,000. The application is just two pages! Get up to a 50% match to replace and scrap equipment, and a 30% match to keep current equipment.

Find grant materials on the MPCA grants to improve air webpage. For general questions, contact kari.cantarero@state.mn.us or 651-757-2875.