US EditionZurich Votes to Ban Petrol Leaf Blowers
- Zurich's residents voted to ban petrol-fuelled leaf blowers and vacuums due to noise and air pollution concerns.
- Over 61% of residents supported the ban in a recent vote.
- Electric leaf blowers and vacuums can still be used, but only from October to December.
- The ban addressed public and private space pollution issues that residents criticized as being too loud and spreading dust.
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Switzerland's direct democracy is richer for a decision: gasoline-powered blowers are banned in Zurich from now on for most of the year. This also ends a political dispute in the country's largest city.
An obituary to the unpopular garden equipment of all time.
Nom Stad-Parliament hu sech e Sonndeg och d'Bierger an d'Biergerinne kloer fir e Verbuet ausschwat. Just elektresch Maschinne leiwes zeitweis erlaabt.
The use of leaf blowers and vacuums will be severely restricted in Zurich in the future. Voters voted in a referendum on Sunday to ban the use of petrol-powered devices due to concerns about noise and air pollution. However, blowers will not be banned altogether, and electric ones will continue to be allowed, but only during certain times of the year.
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