06/12/2025
News
New laws that are effecting our Industry . Getting rid of gas powered Leaf Blowers?!!!!!
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Here is an article from patch.com.
Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Ban Passes City Council With Phase-Out Date
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Alexandria City Council is hoping to make neighborhoods less noisy and polluted with the passage of a gas-powered leaf blower ban on Saturday.
City Council's action will make Alexandria the first Virginia locality to ban the gas-powered lawn devices. DC area localities that have implemented or passed bans include the District of Columbia and Montgomery County, Maryland. State legislation allowing localities to ban gas leaf blowers has not advanced. However, the city is using a Virginia attorney general opinion that city charters give localities authority to ban gas leaf blowers.
To help residents and landscaping companies with the transition, City Council endorsed an 18-month transition period to the ban. That's less than the two-year transition period originally recommended by city staff. City staff indicated that they will be working on what kind of incentives could be available to residents through outside partners to help with the change. The city has a new agreement ...
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We fully expect legislation in the 2026 General Assembly session seeking to ban all gas-powered leaf blowers........................................
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