Grounds staff at Haileybury boarding school in Hertfordshire have switched from petrol to battery-powered leaf blowers for 200ha of open spaces.
Grounds and gardens manager Eamonn Murphy said the acoustics of the school walls caused loud echoes, but the Pellenc lithium-battery kit sounded "more like a hairdryer" and was cheaper to run.
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