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What is Clean Air Lawn Care (CALC)?

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What is Clean Air Lawn Care (CALC)?

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Clean Air Lawn Care or CALC is a KDHE program under the Bureau of Air and Radiation (BAR). The purpose of the program is to reduce emissions from lawn and garden equipment and introduce cleaner greener yard care practices. Back to Questions Who does CALC benefit? The program has 4 target audiences in Kansas, general public, lawn and garden retailers/equipment manufacturers, the professional landscape industry and large landscape customers such as government offices. We all benefit from cleaner air and we all contribute to air quality problems. The CALC program offers guidelines for reducing lawn maintenance equipment emissions and reducing the need for fertilizer and pesticides. Back to Questions How does taking care of my yard affect air quality? The choices we make in caring for our property can also affect our community by contributing to air pollution. Gasoline powered lawn and garden equipment creates more air pollution than any other non-road mobile source. Nitrogen oxides (NOx)