Mexican startup fights air pollution with artificial trees


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 15 Aug 2019

The 'BioUrban 2.0' air purification system in Puebla, Mexico. Biomitech created an artificial tree, which through live algae, carries out a process of photosynthesis, doing the equivalent to what 368 natural trees would do. — AFP

PUEBLA, Mexico: Trees are one of the best things we have to clean the Earth's air, but they have certain drawbacks: they need time and space to grow.

Enter the BioUrban, an artificial tree that sucks up as much air pollution as 368 real trees.

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