ReadersDigestAustraliaNewZealand-April2018

Writing Off Debt

M

ore than 1.5 million

South Koreans will have

their debts paid of or

restructured by the ‘National

Happiness Fund’.

It’s part of a government plan to

relieve the economic pressure on

lower-income citizens. To qualify,

South Koreans must have an

income of less than US$910 per

month and prove that they have

tried for at least a decade to repay

the borrowed money.

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recycled materials such as

aluminium cans, to make outfits

that would not be out of place on

an avant-garde runway.

“The vest and sleeves are joined

together, all made out of the tops of

cans,” the high school pupil says of

a bolero she designed using 1000

ring pulls. Much of the materials for

her designs may have otherwise

ended up in landfill.

Vacuum Barge Could

Clean Up the Rivers

T

he engineer famous for

creating a game-changing

vacuum cleaner is using the

same design ingenuity to help

the environment.

James Dyson recently released

sketches for the M.V. Recyclone:

a river barge to collect garbage

from polluted waterways.

The proposed barge would

be equipped with a net that would

skim the surface of the water and

trap floating rubbish. The trash

would then be separated using

the very same cyclone technology

that put Dyson vacuums on

consumers’ radars during

the 1990s.

Once collected, the rubbish

could then be delivered to local

recycling facilities for processing.

While the barge is still in the

early phases of research and

development, the engineer hopes

that the final design will be able

to cleanse rivers of pollution

before the litter makes its way

into the ocean.

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