Elephant Dung Paper
What, you say??? Yes, they make paper out of elephant dung. But for a good cause. The proceeds go to the Thai Elephant Conservation Center which help to feed and take care of these amazing animals.
I was there last year to take a tour. They run one of the only elephant hospitals in the region and they do a great job in taking care of these animals and building awareness for the need of their preservation.
Here’s some facts about the process from their website:
1. An elephant will eat 200-250kg of food a day….. from that they make 50kg of dung
2. One elephant provides enough dung to make 115 sheets of paper per day.
3. Elephant dung does not smell that bad. If it does, then maybe the elephant is ill.
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5. An elephant’s dung is just fiber. Elephants are poor digesters of their food. Over 50% of what they eat comes straight out the other end.
6. Elephant Dung Paper does not smell at all.
7. We do not use chlorine. It is 100% bacteria free.
8. Dung is a waste product if we don’t make paper from it.
So there you have it. Paper from crap. Which James and I started brainstorming on how to make this a viable business. Any ideas?
