From Poo Poo to Paper!
The process of making recycled paper starts
with the collection and processing of the dung pulp.
Elephant dung is typically full of short to medium grained
fibrous materials from the elephants diet which when
processed makes excellent elephant dung paper:
• We collect naturally dried elephant dung from
elephant conservation parks and bring it back to our
paper-making factory.
• We then pre-rinse the elephant dung with water,
leaving only the fibrous aterials from the grasses,
bamboo & fruits they've eaten.
• Afterwards, we place the fibers into a giant
pot of boiling water to ensure the fibers are super
clean. After this thorough cleaning, any color that
we may want to add can be added.
• Natural fibers from banana trees & pineapples
are added to the dung mixture so the paper will be thicker
& stronger.
• Once this is all mixed together, we separate
the moist fibers into small “cakes' or “wafers”
of about 300-400 grams each.
• The cakes are spread evenly over a mesh-bottomed
tray measuring about 60cm by 90cm.
• The tray is leaned up against a tree, angled
toward the sun and allowed to dry naturally for a few
hours.
• Once dry, we peel the sheet of paper from the
mesh tray and start making Poo Poo Paper products. |