107.9 The River » Phillipines http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Fri, 24 May 2013 21:36:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Coke Billboard in the Philippines Reduces Air Pollution http://theriver1079.com/coke-billboard-philippines-reducing-air-pollution/ http://theriver1079.com/coke-billboard-philippines-reducing-air-pollution/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:46:44 +0000 Shauna Wright http://thefwd.com/?p=19783 Billboards are usually just meant to promote a product or Donny and Marie Osmond’s latest casino residency, but this sign in the Philippines is doing a lot more — it’s reducing air pollution, too.

Coca-Cola and the World Wide Fund for Nature (known Stateside as the World Wildlife Fund) collaborated on a 60-by-60 foot billboard made of 3,600 potted Fukien tea plants. The plants are potted in discarded bottles from Coca-Cola company products and specially modified to grow sideways with an efficient drip irrigation watering system. The billboard can absorb as much as 46,800 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.

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