The Electric Lawn Mower Rebate Program offers Lucas County residents $100 if they scrap their gas-powered mowers and purchase a new battery-powered one.
TOLEDO, Ohio — The city of Toledo is still offering $100 to any Lucas County resident looking to trade in their gas-powered lawnmower for an electric-powered one.
This rebate program has been going on since July 2022. It’s part of the Division of Environmental Services and will end in May 2025. Residents can earn $100 by recycling their old gas lawnmowers.
Edward Madison has been running his small landscaping business, Ed’s Lawncare, for the last four years. His entire fleet of lawncare tools is gasoline-powered. When asked about the rebate from a resident standpoint?
“I would try it, yes,” Madison said.
But if it was offered to small businesses like his own, his tune changed quickly.
“No, no,” Madison said. “I kind of over the years added stuff. It would be like a lot I would be losing. If it was like a trade-in, …