Coca-Cola and WWF Install a Plant Billboard
The first ever plant billboard was built in the Philippines to help eradicate pollution.
Coca-Cola Philippines and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines) unveiled a plant billboard along a major road in one of the country’s cities. The project was made in an effort to complete Coca-Cola Philippines’ Live Positively sustainability program which includes conservation of critical watersheds in the Philippines and in support of the Earth Hour.
The billboard measures 60 x 60 ft. and planted with a species of Fukien tea plant which absorbs pollutants in the air. Anthony Gao, the botanist who worked on the project, said that each plant can absorb an average of 13 pounds of carbon dioxide in a year. “This billboard helps alleviate air pollution within its proximate areas as it can absorb a total of 46,800 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, on estimate.” Gao stated.View Article Source »