Grass cuttings to provide energy - go mow your lawn

I overheard this on the radio as I was driving into work earlier this week.

Apparently tests are being conducted (or planned) using grass cuttings and microwaves to distill some form of energy from the process.

Anybody know anymore?

If true, perhaps we'll get free green waste bins round our way.

photo credit: shmoomeema

How green is your garden? Solar powered lawn mower concept

Looking more like a concept car than a lawn mower, Red Dot design award went to Studio Volpi for their electric lawnmower.

Billed as being ideal for the smaller garden, the lean green machine features a solar panel which charges a removable polymer-ion battery.

As lawn mowers go, it looks pretty cool and given the amount of times the grass should be cut in the summer, well times that by the number of gardens and that's some serious power / energy savings to be made.

Click here to visit the Red Dot design page.