Kraków to fight smog with crowdfunding

Local authorities of the city of Kraków, wants to raise at least PLN 5,000 in a crowdfunding effort to buy dust eating plants. The city, which will give PLN 3 for every złoty raised, hopes that it will help fight air pollution. The plants would be placed in public educational facilities. “This initiative would get citizens involved in fighting for clean air and would also strengthen our civic society,” said city's council member Łukasz Wantuch. According to the organizers, one dust eating plant costs around PLN 40-50, meaning that with PLN 20,000 raised funds, some 4,000 plants could be purchased. The city is currently shopping for a crowdfunding platform to launch the initiative. Kraków is one of the most polluted cities in Europe.