Metro Vancouver directs staff to proceed with public engagement as it explores phasing out small gas-powered engines in leaf blowers, pressure washers and lawnmowers.
Metro Vancouver moved one step closer to phasing out small gas engines Thursday after the climate action committee tasked staff to engage the public — including industry and local governments — on how to best to eliminate pollution from gas-powered lawn and garden equipment.
All those two-stroke engines produce a variety of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, fine particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds — substances that are particularly dangerous for children, pregnant people, elderly people, and those with respiratory conditions, notes the report. Metro staff said it had consulted cities across the region, the BC Landscape and Nursery Association, equipment manufacturers, the provincial government and other jurisdictions in Canada.
“There are limits to where we can go right now. A four-hour battery that takes 12 hours to charge doesn’t help when maintaining fields,” Bose said. An April 16 letter from the CEO of the BC Landscape and Nursery Association called on Metro Vancouver to provide incentives to the industry to make the transition and find ways to overcome everything form high equipment costs to safety concerns.
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