Black & Decker's electric lawn and garden equipment, such as the LSW20 20V Lithium Sweeper, releases zero emissions in your yard, helping to reduce your carbon footprint. Efficient design easily clears debris from hard surfaces like patios, decks, walks, drives and garages.
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Battery-powered equipment can make lawn care a breeze, according to Rhode Island's The Westerly Sun. Outdoor power equipment that runs on batteries could make lawn care less of a chore as it is lightweight, quiet and easy to use. This article gives five examples of battery-powered lawn equipment, such as the LSW20 Cordless Sweeper from Black & Decker.

The machine weighs only 3.7 pounds and is handy for cleaning patios, while the WORX WG175 Cordless Grass Trimmer & Edger with Wheel Set allows users to trim and edge grass with less noise.

The modern world runs on batteries. New battery-powered tools are compact, lightweight and easy to store. They share the flip-of-a-switch appeal of other portable devices. But instead of connecting you to the outside world, these improve the world outside your own back door. There are some ergonomic standouts.

Lightweight, quiet and powerful describes Black and Decker's new LSW20 cordless sweeper. While weighing 3.7 pounds, the unit packs plenty of punch for blowing leaves, twigs, sand and other debris to clean patios, decks, sidewalks and garage areas. It can be used for everyday cleaning of hard surfaces, but not suited to the heavy lifting of clearing lawns or blowing piles of wet leaves. Its rechargeable 20-volt lithium-ion battery delivers quiet power for early morning or evening chores without bothering the neighbors.

Flip the switch on a lawn spreader that's ready to go when you are. Forget big clunky lawn push spreaders with their complicated calibrations. The new battery-powered Ready2Go Spreader is compact, hand-carried and designed for ease, speed and mobility. Just pick it up, turn it on and walk. The Ready2Go spreader comes pre-calibrated and pre-filled with popular granular lawn care products from Greenview, Preen and Vigoro: enough to feed or treat up to 2,500 square feet. It's perfect for small lawns plus slopes, rough terrain and tight spaces. It's refillable and its four long-lasting AA batteries are replaceable.

Power through window cleaning without slop, streaks or dripping. The first cordless window wet-vac and squeegee sucks up dirty water to make cleaning glass a snap. Karcher's WV50 Power Squeegee earns high marks from consumers for its no frills ergonomic design and quick cleaning of storm doors, windows inside and out, patio sliders and car windows.

Its 11-inch neoprene blades deliver edge-to-edge suction, powered by rechargeable 32-volt lithium-ion batteries for 20 to 25 minutes of run time.

For gardeners who think relentless weeding is a fact of life, weed preventers can be a wakeup call. Sprinkled on top of garden soil or mulch, Preen weed preventers stop new weeds from growing for up to three to four months per application, now available with a battery-powered spreader-applicator cap so no shaking is required.

The battery-applicator covers evenly and accurately, making it easy to apply even under shrubs and between plants. The bottle is refillable and comes with (replaceable) batteries installed. One set of AAA batteries powers up to 8 hours of use.