With air pollution reaching alarming levels across China, many entrepreneurs have turned to the idea of developing environment-friendly solutions.
The menace of air pollution is far from abating, considering the air quality is worsening every year in many developing countries. Even a country like China — one of the largest economies in the world — has been struggling to curb air pollution, but to little avail. According to a 2018 report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, air pollution levels remain dangerously high in many parts of the world, including China. The report estimates that nearly 2 million people die every year in China due to the polluted air, which penetrates deep into the lungs and cardiovascular system. Among those deaths, the report estimates that ambient air pollution alone caused more than one million deaths in 2016, while household air pollution from cooking with polluting fuels and technologies caused an additional one million deaths in the same period.
With air pollution reaching alarming levels across Beijing, the bustling capital of China, a bunch of start-ups have developed environment-friendly solutions to tackle the growing crisis.
Start-ups Making a Beeline to China
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