Latest News
- The Ministry Simplifies The Payment Process For 'Your Fear Is Th...
- Kuwait Oil Company Explores Renewable Energy And Green Hydrogen...
- Kuwait's Model Houses Stay The Same Height
- Service Commission's Haphazard Structure Hits Public Sector Job...
- 11 Establishments Were Closed Down For Violating Industrial Laws
- A Massive Campaign Is Underway To Raze Encroachments
- Expat Arrested For Role In Money-laundering
- AstraZeneca Admits Covid Vaccine Can Cause Rare Side Effect
- The Kuwait Red Crescent Society Has Pledged $500,000 To Help Afg...
- An Egyptian Worker Dies After Falling From A Building Under Cons...
- Kuwaiti Detained For Attempted Murder Of A Colleague In The Fire...
- Syrian National Tragically Killed By Own Vehicle
Bottled Air - Do You Know What It Is
While pollution levels are reaching record highs in China, a Canadian start-up is finding a way to make a profit. Vitality Air, a company that sells canned air and oxygen, is seeing a huge demand from users in China.
In China fresh air is a luxury, something so precious. When a Canadian company started a bottling Rocky Mountains air, it became butt of jokes. But, everyone was shell-shocked, with first shipment of 500 bottles of fresh air manufactured by the Canadian Company were sold in just four days
A 7.7 Litre can of crisp air taken from Banff National Park in the majestic Rocky Mountains range sells for roughly 100 yuan (£10), which is 50 times more expensive than a bottle of mineral water in China. According to a report, wealthy Chinese women buy the bottled fresh air for their families or give away as gifts.
The Canadian company is not the first to sell fresh air to the Chinese. Last year, Beijing artist Liang Kegang fetched the equivalent of £512 for a glass jar filled with air taken from a business trip in southern France. In 2013, multimillionaire Chen Guangbiao sold pop-sized cans of air purportedly taken from less industrialised regions of China for 5 yuan (£0.50) each.
Vitality Air's Mr Lam admits that he started out the company as a joke as well when he and co-founder Troy Paquette filled a plastic bag of air and sold it for less than 50 pence on the auction site Ebay. A second bag sold for $160 (£105).
Very few people know that, these bottles are shipped to India and North America as well but China remains its biggest market. In India, each bottle costs around CA$40 (Rs 1900 approx). Pollution levels have been ever-increasing in Delhi and experts say people in the capital city will also have need of the bottles containing fresh air.
Trending News
-
Kuwait Airways Introduces Convenient Home Luggage...
15 April 2024
-
Expat Residency Law Amended By Kuwait Ministerial...
20 April 2024
-
Two Expats Are Arrested For Stealing From Salmiya...
17 April 2024
-
Kuwait Airways Resumes Flights To Beirut And Oman...
15 April 2024
-
Temperature Increases Cause Electricity Load Index...
21 April 2024
-
Work Permits Will Be Issued For One Year Under The...
27 April 2024
-
3 Expats Caught In Salmiya With 213 Bottles Of Loc...
23 April 2024
-
Ministry Announces Separate Time For Amnesty Seeke...
21 April 2024
-
Thief Returns Stolen Money With An Apology Letter...
15 April 2024
-
The Ministry Connects With Violators Of Residency...
23 April 2024
Comments Post Comment