Poo-Poo Paper

Paper from elephant poo? Yea, that's right. Mr. Ellie Pooh, a company who derives its sources from sustainable, 100% recycled poo, makes things like notebooks, stationary, greeting cards, and frames. I guess you can send a card to that special someone to let them know what you really think of them.



[photo courtesy of Mr. Ellie Pooh]

Without getting into too much of the nasty details, the wild elephant dung in Sri Lanka is collected, sun-dried, disinfected with a certain naturally-occuring plant, and then made into paper. Since the elephants eat all sorts of woodsy, shrubbery items, the wood pulp is converted inside the elephant to paper quality stuff.

How they found out they could make paper out of this is anyone's guess. Some things though I'd rather leave a mystery...and appreciate the end prod.

The good thing is? They ship and they have a wide variety of, uh, products to choose from. I looked for something to order but it didn't say what sort of ink they used and what they used to tint their paper with...although I'm somewhat sure its ok...

Fun. Here's the website.

Mr. Ellie Pooh

*update-- I emailed them about how they color their paper. All their paper is colored with 'natural salt dyes' and made without harsh chemicals, i.e., bleaches, that sort of thing.