Occasionally, a news item brings a glow of pleasure to my heart. We are all concerned about the devastation of native forests for wood for the products thereof, such as paper. By the end of the week in my house, the quantity of paper would account for a small tree. However, innovators are looking at other ways of producing paper.

“Sheep Poo Paper products have won a £20,000 Millennium Award for "social entrepreneurship".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/5315904.stm

A Google search of “poo paper” has raised many sites. South African and Asian elephant poo paper, Rhino poo paper, Lamb poo paper, Reindeer poo paper ...

Tasmania is producing Roo poo paper.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4266857.stm

“In Scandinavia, elk poo paper is the stationery of choice in most offices,"
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4266857.stm

The production of Elephant poo paper-products demonstrates how eco-friendly this is - no nasty chemicals, or factory polution. The hydrochloric acid in the stomach would be sufficient to break down fibrous material. Read the “how-to” if you wish to make it at home.
http://www.poopoopaper.com/pootique.html

A young woman whose partner gave her an elephant poo paper gift was enchanted. She told me that the texture is beautiful ...

If you are unable to obtain the vital ingredients from your local zoo, I’m sure substitutes such as horse or cow poo would be just as successful.

China is producing Panda poo paper, and with the two pandas coming to Australia, the intention is to create a boutique industry here. A single panda eats from 20 kilograms to 50 kilograms of bamboo shoots daily, depending upon whether it is with child, or not.

With the need to save the environment, biodiversity, and endangered species, and along with global warming, poo paper would appear to be the way to go. We should be looking at establishing serious industries using this “technology”. It would create jobs and we would have an unending supply of raw material ...

Also with the quality of news journalism, the publishing of it on poo seems most appropriate ..

O just luvly.

First the silly tree-huggers and their ilk wanted us to drink recycled pee, and now they’re wanting us to put our hands all over recycled poo… and write our best wishes to loved-ones on it!!

Yep, I shoulduv seen it coming! (:>|

Danielle I had a little chuckle at the title and the idea of poo paper being used for poo is the best of idea of recycling that I have heard of yet. '

:D

I don't know Ludwig, plenty of 'tree-huggers' are not for drinking recycled pee either.

They are more interested in the unsustainable populations and lack of policy/forethought that got us to this point in the first place.

We all drink recycle pee. Get over it.

‘I love you honey

I really really do

That’s why I’m writing to you

On squashed elephant poo!’

(:>)