SMOG-EATING PAINT PURIFIES AIR ON

GIANT MURAL IN POLAND

A piece of public art has been created in Warsaw, Poland using paint that removes pollution from the
air.

The art features smiling plants and flowers intertwined with futuristic buildings and is part of a series by
American shoe(шу) manufacturer Converse called City Forests. The company is sponsoring a series of
murals around the world using paint which breaks down noxious pollutants.

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KNOxOUT paint reacts with nitrogen oxides (NOx), emitted by cars, factories and power stations when
they come in contact with the surface of the art. Sunlight acts as a catalyst for a process that turns the
NOx into water, small amounts of CO2(карбон) and calcium nitrate.

The calcium nitrate is washed away when it next rains leaving a fresh paint surface to start the process
all over again.

A central concept for the project was the idea of ‘planting trees’ where they might not otherwise be
able to grow. Alongside the piece in Warsaw, there are already two others in Bangkok and Belgrade with
12 murals planned in total.

Converse estimates that the pieces of artwork painted around the world so far have the same air
cleaning capacity as 1470 trees.

The Warsaw mural is opposite the Politechnika metro station