FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 29, 2003
The County of San Diego’s Fourth Annual Lawnmower Trade-In
Event will take place on Saturday, May 17th in the north parking
lot at the County Administration Center.
Here’s how it works: if you trade in your gasoline powered
mower (it must be in working condition) you will be able to
purchase a Black & Decker CMM1000 lawnmower (it retails
for about $450) for only $150 including tax. Participants must
bring photo identification proving they are a resident of San
Diego County.
What time should you arrive? The event begins at 8:00 am, but
if years’ past are any indication, if you show up then
it will likely be too late. By 8:00 am last year, the event
was already sold out – more than 600 people were already
in line to snatch up the 600 mowers that were made available.
This year, there are 400 mowers available, so you might want
to arrive around 6:00 a.m.
Supervisor Roberts started the Lawnmower Trade-In Event in
2000 as a way to get high polluting, gas-powered mowers out
of circulation. According to the California Air Resources Board,
the average gas mower emits the same amount of pollution as
do 40 cars on an hour-for-hour basis.
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Contact: Darren Pudgil (619) 531-5894
