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Elephant Dung

Yesterday, in true EJ fashion, she sent an email to the entire Orange Element staff that asked simply “Who left the elephant poo on my desk? Cool!” For a while I was really confused. Why would elephant poo be on her desk, much less in our office? And why would she think that was cool?

After a while my curiosity got the best of me and I had to go ask her what it was all about. It turns out, Andy Bonner had left a paper sample on her desk that was literally made from elephant dung. I’m not kidding and it’s not what you think. It actually looks like real paper - it’s light in color and it DOESN’T SMELL. I swear, I brought it up to my nose and…nothing.

I did a little more research and came up with this site: www.elephantdungpaper.com

We love sustainable products like this and we hope it becomes mainstream. What a great way to use a waste product for something good–after all, that’s what recycling is all about. And the best part is that every time you use this paper, it helps to save the elephants. Good stuff. I can’t wait to see the look on our clients’ faces when we recommend printing their next marketing piece on elephant poo.

Garret Ohm
http://www.orange-element.com

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4 Responses to “Elephant Dung”

  1. EJ Says:
    May 28th, 2008 at 11:54 am

    http://www.mrelliepooh.com/
    this is the direct website that the paper came from.

    The mission behind the poo paper appears to be that elephants in Sri Lanka are being killed simply because the sheer size and appetite of the elephants are to big for humans and the large animals to co-exists without the destruction of farmland.

    The proposed purpose of the paper is that because the elephants produce an average of 500 lbs of dung each day (wow) the clean, cellulose based, renewable resource gives the local population a resource and a reason to have more tolerance for these elephants. With more support of the paper it may also become an economic source to support the country or at least a means of compensation for the farmers who have lost their farm. Pretty cool- thanks to Andy Bonner for leaving the poo on my desk

  2. beth Says:
    May 28th, 2008 at 6:35 pm

    this is awesome, ej. somebody leave elephant dung on my desk and i’ll come visit.

  3. Anna Says:
    May 30th, 2008 at 11:17 am

    Sweet! I would LOVE to have been in that brainstorming meeting….”So what can we make out of elephant poo people?”

    My sister is going to Sri Lanka in October, perhaps I’ll have her bring me back some poo paper. I can investigate the smell issue further, I’m not so sure I believe it doesn’t reek! :)

  4. Norma Says:
    June 3rd, 2008 at 3:20 pm

    Now, if only the material written on it is not “poo” too…

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