Every elephant produces around 50 – 70 kg of dung per day. Over 50 of the plant material an elephant eats comes out the other end undigested. This way elephants are kindly doing the first stage of any paper making process: They are getting the fibres. Elephant dung is not used otherwise in Nepal. Elephant Dung Paper is, therefore, a sustainable and environmentally friendly product.
The production of Elephant Dung Paper has created job opportunities for a few young people in the village. The profit of this project supports marginal people of our society by investing in their education and health (especially wildlife victims), but also by promoting environmental protection.
