Applications for the Landscape Equipment Exchange program are closed, according to a notice on the Salt Lake City website. The program was designed to help residents transition from gas-powered landscaping equipment to battery-operated tools to improve local air quality.
The Clean Air SLC initiative offered this program twice a year, during the spring and autumn. For the spring round, the program provided discounts on various types of battery-operated equipment, including handheld tools such as leaf blowers, vacuums, string trimmers, hedge trimmers, and chainsaws, as well as lawn mowers.
The program featured two types of vouchers. Recycling vouchers provided $155 toward a handheld tool or $295 toward a lawn mower when the user recycled a gas-powered equivalent. Non-recycling vouchers offered $75 for handheld tools and $145 for lawn mowers.
Participants were limited to one voucher per household. Vouchers could only be applied to a vendor selected during the application process, with options including ACE Hardware and Home Depot. The program specified that vouchers could not be used for corded equipment or for items already purchased. Additionally, vouchers for this program could not be used in conjunction with vouchers from the Utah Department of Environmental Quality Charge Your Yard program.
The program's last round of vouchers was scheduled to be emailed to applicants by May 15. Any vouchers issued were set to expire after June 4, 2026.
