By the end of 2028, the home improvement company hopes that 85% of its power equipment sales in Canada and the United States will be from cordless, rechargeable tools. The Home Depot plans to work with big brands, such as DeWalt, Ryobi, Makita, and Milwaukee, to develop lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and other outdoor tools that run on electricity rather than gas. According to the company’s press release, running a gas lawn mower for an hour creates as much pollution as driving 300 miles.
Sustainability isn’t new to The Home Depot. The company’s been making strides to be more eco-friendly over the last several years and has begun to reduce the use of single-use plastics, changing 200 of its products in 2020 to include less virgin plastic (it did the same for 1,000 products in 2019). Though the switch to electric outdoor tools will require customers to make room to charge their equipment, the change will hopefully have a positive impact on the environment.