[Durham INC] Durham's "Get Your Grass Off Gas" June 15

[Blalock, Amy]

City of Durham

County of Durham

 

Joint News Release

 

For Immediate Release: May 29, 2013

News Media Contacts:

Amy Blalock

Senior Public Affairs Specialist, City of Durham

(919) 560-4123, ext. 11253

Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov

 

Deborah Craig-Ray

Assistant County Manager, County of Durham

(919) 560-0002

dcraig-ray at dconc.gov

 

 

Durham Hosts "Get Your Grass Off Gas" Event June 15 

Final Opportunity to Purchase Deeply-Discounted Electric Yard Equipment

 

DURHAM, N.C. - With mowing season underway, area residents have one more
chance to trade in their old gas-guzzling mowers and other yard
equipment and take advantage of steep discounts on cleaner and greener
electric versions.

 

The second event in the 3rd Annual "Get Your Grass Off Gas" will be held
at Jordan High School, located at 6806 Garrett Rd., on Saturday, June 15
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event will be held rain or shine. 

 

Hosted by the Durham City-County Sustainability Office, this final event
provides residents with the opportunity to purchase discounted electric
yard and garden equipment to help get polluting gasoline-powered
equipment "off the grass" and into the recycling bin. Discounts will
range from 20 to 45 percent depending on the model. Available equipment
includes lawnmowers, trimmers, edgers, blowers, vacuums, and loppers.
Residents who do not have older equipment to trade in can still purchase
electric models at the events, but with a smaller discount.

 

For more information on models and prices and to pre-register to reserve
specific electric equipment, visit http://www.GreenerDurham.net.
Pre-registration is not required; however, event organizers cannot
guarantee a particular model will be available without pre-registration.


 

All gas-powered equipment brought in to recycle must be drained of
fluids before being dropped off. Used motor oil can be dropped off at
the City of Durham's Waste Disposal and Recycling Center (Transfer
Station), located at 2115 E. Club Blvd. The facility is open Monday
through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to
noon. 

 

For more information about this event, contact Sustainability Manager
Tobin Freid at (919) 560-7999 or by email at tfreid at dconc.gov. Residents
may also learn more by liking the Greener Durham (Durham City-County
Sustainability Office) Facebook page at 
http://www.Facebook.com/GreenerDurham.net or by following Greener Durham
on Twitter @Greener Durham <http://www.twitter.com/GreenerDurham> .

 

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