- According to an EPA study of 19 urban areas, more than 5 percent of air pollution comes from landscaping tools
- One hour of mowing the lawn pollutes as much as 100 miles of driving and the average American spends 40 hours a year mowing – equivalent to 4000 miles of driving
- Keeping lawns green uses as much as half of all the fresh water used in urban areas each year, according to the E.P.A.
- Older gas lawnmowers emit as much pollution in an hour as an average car driving 18.7 miles
- Every year Americans throw away 24 million tons of leaves and grass. Leaves alone account for 75% of solid waste in the fall. All of this needs to be trucked to landfills or processing locations far away from urban centers.
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