A green screen against dust and noise has been created on the waterfront in Kyiv

A green screen against dust and noise has been created on the waterfront in Kyiv
Katerina Belousova

Deren creates a kind of "protective screen" from highways

In Kyiv, utility workers have planted a hedge of white derain bushes on the Dnipro embankment, which has noise-absorbing and dust-absorbing properties.

This will help improve the environment, the Darnytsia District State Administration in Kyiv reports on Facebook.

It is noted that this technology is also used as a background plant – that is, a kind of "protective screen" from highways.

"We are continuing the strategy of environmental protection," the press service said. "Very soon, the bushes will become a new green oasis of Darnytskyi district."

Netizens supported this initiative and called for planting bushes instead of fences.

"Very nice! Excellent planning of the carriageway and sidewalks – this green strip between them has great potential, – wrote user Tetyana Gavrilova. – This is exactly what they do in cities focused on people's comfort."

facebook.com/darn.kievcity.gov.ua

In 2023, 8,223 trees, 78,826 bushes, and 321,200 seedlings were planted in Kyiv. Throughout the year, the city also carried out ecological ice control, organized grass-free areas, cleared the Lybid River, and more.

As EcoPolitics previously reported, in 2021, a green fence was planted along the central Taras Shevchenko Park in Odesa.

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