Air-purifying plants are our best allies to help us clean and purify the air in our homes, where pollution is invisible and odorless, but very present.
What are the depolluting plants ?
Air-purifying plants are our best allies to help us clean and purify the air in our homes, where pollution is invisible and odorless, but very present.
The air in our interiors
As surprising as it may seem, the air in our homes, apartments and offices is much more polluted than the air outside. There are many causes: the evaporation of household products, the paint on your walls, or the covering of your floors, for example. All of these products are at the origin of the appearance of volatile organic components that spread invisibly throughout our interiors. So, no matter how meticulous you are when it comes to cleaning, mites and bacteria will continue to proliferate.
The solutions? Ventilate regularly, avoid overheating, favor ecological materials and cleaning products...
But above all you can choose from many varieties of plants, those called depolluting, in order to combine aesthetics and benefits for your health. Indeed, these depolluting plants would have beneficial effects on the ambient air of your interior.
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The effects and benefits of depolluting plants
Air-purifying plants would indeed have many benefits to bring you in order to help you live in healthy air throughout your home. Purifying and sanitizing, they are indeed capable of eliminating most of the volatile and toxic components present in the air of your interiors. Plants are living beings that breathe and feed on the air in which they are found. It is therefore rather logical that they can purify the ambient air by eliminating certain harmful substances. Indeed, their leaves and stems absorb and release gases, thus purifying the air of the environment in which they are found.
What plants?
THE Chlorophytum is a green plant known to be effective against certain gases, carbon monoxide among others, which can escape from your gas stove or water heater. Chlorophytum needs light.
This air-purifying plant with original foliage will have a dual role in your home: it will be decorative and will also be a great ally to help you fight against volatile organic compounds. It is also easy to maintain and requires little water and light.
Spathiphyllum
Thanks to its beautiful green foliage, this depolluting plant has a great capacity to filter and purify the air, in particular the substances that emanate from paints and glues. It needs rather subdued light and a lot of humidity.
THE Ficus Elastica
In addition to helping you purify the air in your home, this plant is very hardy if it has enough light to grow.
THE Ficus Benjamina
Its foliage allows it to humidify the atmosphere.They absorb many particles present in particular in insulation foam, in the glue of your carpets and in printer fumes. This depolluting plant is therefore ideal for your office provided that it is bright!
If you don't find what you're looking for in the plants listed above, the list of depolluting plants is still (very) long. To name just a few,Aloe Vera, THE Chamaedora, Anthurium, the Philodendron, Chrysanthemum are among the depolluting plants that will delight your interior and your lungs.
What are depolluting plants?
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