Australian Air in a Can Arrives in China
Charissa Echavez | | May 02, 2016 10:00 AM EDT |
(Photo : YouTube Screenshot) China is getting a taste of Australia's fresh air.
More Chinese people will soon experience a taste of Australian air after two entrepreneurs from Sydney opened its Green Clean air business to capture and bottle fresh air for the Chinese market.
John Dickinson and Theo Ruygrok managed to contain air from Australia and sell them into cans for $18.80 each.
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"We want to give people internationally a chance to taste what our beautiful air is like," Dickinson said.
The bottled air products were fresh from the Blue Mountains, Bondi Beach, New Zealand, Tasmania, and Yarra Valley. They said they plan to harvest more from other locations.
Dickinson added that they intentionally displayed the photo of the air's origin so foreign tourists could "take a bit of Australia home with them." For Chinese netizens, it is more for their health.
"There's real interest in having some clean air from places they trust," Dickinson said. He observed that China's middle class is beginning to become anxious of China's poor air quality.
The entrepreneurs partnered with a mechanical engineer to help them design a device that could harvest fresh air from open spaces. The system uses filters and nozzles to compress the air into a can.
Each place possesses different air quality characteristics. For instance, Blue Mountains have eucalyptus traces, while Bondi Beach has a salty taste.
"Some people will sense that," Dickinson said. "Each can is quite individual."
Each can contains an equivalent of 130 deep breaths via a mouthpiece. The two began exporting cans of fresh air in China, while rich Chinese families have personal shoppers to ship Australian air overseas.
"We all love the pure air from Australia," Vivian Zhou, a Chinese personal shopper told Seven News. "I buy the air from Australia for my clients and I post it back to them."
According to studies, China's poor air quality has brought over 1.6 million deaths each year. Beijing traffic officers are mostly affected, with their life span shortened only up to 43 years old because of the constant exposure to exhaust and dirty air.
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