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Thursday, November 24th, 2016

China’s crazy smog-sucking vacuum tower is actually working

Author:     lacy cooke
Source:     inhabit
Publication Date:     22 November 2016 (used)
 Link: China’s crazy smog-sucking vacuum tower is actually working
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The Studio Roosegaarde innovative air cleaning technology at work in China. Credit: Studio Roosegaarde

Studio Roosegaarde‘s smog-sucking vacuum tower is actually cleaning up the air in China. The Smog Free Tower has been installed in Beijing, a city notorious for its air pollution, and the country’s Ministry of Environmental Protection recently announced the air around the tower is in fact 55 percent cleaner than it was before. According to Studio Roosegaarde, the tower has snatched billions of PM2.5 fine particles out of the polluted air.

Over the last 41 days, the Smog Free Tower has busily scrubbed 30 million m3 of air, according to Studio Roosegaarde. That’s equal to the volume of 10 Beijing National Stadiums. Studio Roosegaarde reports that locals referred to his tower as a “clean air temple,” drawing comparisons to China’s famed pagodas.

What to do with all that pollution captured by the tower? Make jewelry out of it, of course. Smog particles sucked up by the Smog Free Tower during […]

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2 Comments

  1. Tom Biel on Thursday, November 24, 2016 at 4:15 am

    We need more of these machines.

  2. Bob Fankhauser on Saturday, November 26, 2016 at 9:54 pm

    Might be a good idea to read the comments on the original article; they suggest some skepticism is in order. Perhaps the Smog Sucker should be in the Perpetual Motion Museum, next to Boyan Slat’s Ocean Cleanup Array