Meaning of plantscraper | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A tower used for indoor farming; a farmscraper.
2. A tall residential building covered in plants.

Examples

“Birds Eye and other food producers are investigating building 'plantscrapers', which could accommodate hundreds of storeys worth of crops, in a bid to make farming more economical, sustainable and meet increasing demand.”

“A Swedish food-tech company called Plantagon is proposing that cities consider building what it calls "plantscrapers" — office towers that contain giant indoor farms. Plantagon is constructing its first plantscraper in Linköping, Sweden.”

“You could be forgiven for imagining the striking towers of One Central Park on Sydney's Broadway, whose north and west facades are smothered with up to 40,000 indigenous plants, are a one-off exercise in urban environmentalism, designed for apartment dwellers with deep pockets. But the reality is that green-covered towers – plantscrapers – are springing up across the globe.”

“These idiotic "plantscrapers", as they call them, are the ultimate symbol of pretending to be environmentally friendly while doing absolutely nothing to reduce your carbon footprint.”

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