Join us for afternoon tea at 3pm AEDT Thursday 27 October as we hear from City of Yarra resident and traffic consultant, Harry Barber, as he takes us through an initiative to electrify municipal hand tools. Frustrated by the air and noise pollution of council tools and concerned about the effects that the fumes might be having on the operators, City of Yarra resident Harry Barber set out to conduct in-depth research and compile constructive reports on this subject.
What you’ll gain from the session:
- A better understanding of the harms and climate impacts of small petrol-powered tools
- A summary of the retail bans in Australia and California
- A pathway for Councils towards electrification of their hand tools
- And insights into this electrification process from the City of Yarra depot.
