#NoMowDays and Other Ways to Trim Your Grass and Your Emissions - Utah Department of Environmental Quality
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    1•1 year ago

    The link provided gives a 504 error – possibly because the story goes back to 2018.

    Here’s a link from archive.org:

    https://web.archive.org/web/20230526185309/https://deq.utah.gov/air-quality/no-mow-days-trim-grass-emissions

    Additional points from the story:

    • Each weekend, about 54 million Americans mow their lawns, amounting to 800 million gallons of gas per year.
    • The emissions from one four-stroke lawnmower operating for one hour are equivalent to an average vehicle traveling 500 miles.
    • Using a gas-powered mower for one hour produces the same amount of emissions as 11 new cars also running for an hour.
    • At least 17 million gallons of gasoline are spilled annually just filling these lawnmowers.