Air Pollution-Capturing Bike Wheels

Solving global warming takes more than just trees

The 'Rolloe' bike wheel has been designed by Kristen Tapping, an industrial design graduate of the London Southbank University, as a way to help combat against urban air pollution in an unexpected way. The bicycle wheel works by being fitting into place and would go to work with the built-in HEPA filtration module to capture particles as the rider pedals. The prototype created captures 0.665m³ of air for every kilometer cycled, which would help to filter around 266,865m³ of air if just 10% of cyclists in London had one installed on their bicycle.

The 'Rolloe' bike wheel functions as a dual-purpose solution for cyclists that would help to clean the air as they avoid automobile use to further enhance the cleanliness of urban environments.