{"id":187939,"date":"2025-09-28T16:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T16:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/187939\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T16:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T16:28:07","slug":"zurich-votes-to-restrict-leaf-blowers-in-pollution-row-dw-09-28-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/187939\/","title":{"rendered":"Zurich votes to restrict leaf blowers in pollution row \u2013 DW \u2013 09\/28\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Zurich decided Sunday to severely restrict\u00a0the use of leaf blowers and leaf vacuums.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More than 61% of voters supported the restrictive rules, which authorities said would limit noise\u00a0and <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/pollution\/t-19225773\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dust pollution.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gas-powered leaf blowers and leaf vacuums will be fully banned in Zurich, Switzerland&#8217;s\u00a0most populous city.<\/p>\n<p>Only electric devices will be used to blow away dirt and debris. This will only be possible from October to December, three months out of the year.<\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, special permission will be required to use the devices at other times, and permission will only be granted under exceptional circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Tropical nights in Zurich \u2014 A city trying to beat the heat<\/p>\n<p class=\"vjs-no-js\">To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that <a href=\"https:\/\/videojs.com\/html5-video-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">supports HTML5 video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the move complained that leaf blowers and leaf vacuums are loud and spread fine dust, causing both noise and air\u00a0pollution.<\/p>\n<p>They also claim that the devices are harmful for microorganisms such as bacteria, and recommend using rakes to\u00a0remove leaves and trash.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents of the ban, however, had said\u00a0the proposed ban would make\u00a0life unnecessarily difficult for many people.<\/p>\n<p>They believed the vote was\u00a0&#8220;an expression of a nonsensical and anti-social culture of prohibition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Edited by: Darko Janjevic, Dmytro Hubenko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents of Zurich decided Sunday to severely restrict\u00a0the use of leaf blowers and leaf vacuums.\u00a0\u00a0 More than 61%&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-187939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}