Take Action to eliminate gas leaf blowers

Most people find gas-powered leaf blowers simply annoying, but don’t realize the noise and fumes are very dangerous to human health and the environment. Replacing them with clean alternatives will make our neighborhoods quieter and safer for all. Please join us in working to eliminate gas-powered leaf blowers in Portland!  While the City has committed to phasing out gas leaf blowers citywide over the next few years, there is still much to be done in getting the word out and helping neighbors and landscapers transition to safer tools.

HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO:

  1. Sign up for our newsletter for the latest information and resources.  
  2. Join our Facebook group to stay current on the issue and support the effort.
  3. Share your thoughts and ideas on Nextdoor.com – people care about what their neighbors say.  Let them know about Quiet Clean PDX.
  4. Help us distribute postcards – contact Albert to get some to send to your neighbors and friends.
  5. Download our leaf blower presentation and gas leaf blower emissions fact sheet and share with landscapers and neighbors.
  6. Use our directory to find a landscape contractor committed to cleaner, quieter yard care.
  7. Ask your landscaping company to avoid using gas-powered blowers (and other gas equipment). Here’s a tip sheet for talking to your contractor, and a letter to your contractor which you can tailor and send (here’s a Spanish version.)
  8. Do you live in a development with a Home Owners Association? Ask the HOA to require its landscape contractor to use electric blowers… or no blowers. Here’s a template letter to tailor and send to your HOA.
  9. Replace your gas-powered yard equipment with safer tools – see information on this page. 
  10. Practice healthy, sustainable yard care – sometimes doing less work can actually be better for your yard!

For Whom the Leaf Blower Blows

Consumer grade cost cutters

available in mildly indifferent and turbo screw all y’all models*

shift the burden of debris

faster than you can say externality

*inline deregulators sold separately


Contributed by Jennifer Martenson