Toronto looking to ban gas-powered leaf blowers to reduce noise and air pollution
Toronto looking to ban gas-powered leaf blowers to reduce noise and air pollution
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We recently outlawed them in my city. Didn't do anything. Everyone still uses them and no one enforces the ban. City next to us banned them years ago and I had no idea, same thing happened there. Continued use and no enforcement.
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It is still worth outlawing their use and their sale. As sales are outlawed in enough places, people will gradually phase them out.
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Yes I'd like them gone. My city didn't ban sales unfortunately.
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Enforcement is hard and expensive. I'd bet it's a question of weighing the cost-benefit of pouring resources into enforcement vs letting them peter-out and diminish over time.
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Assuming a small city, it's hard to accomplish. But Toronto has the ability to influence major retailers. So it could be the start of the gas powered ones disappearing from shelves nationally.
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