Polluted air is the cause of one in seven deaths worldwide. And the air pollution in cities is the worst. Trees help. But you need a lot of trees to clean the air in congested cities. That’s where City Tree comes in. This mix of a bench and a hedge cleans as much air as 275 trees in one percent of the space. You can find City Trees in Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Oslo and London.
This bench cleans as much polluted air as 275 trees
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