Mr. Ellie Pooh 

Mr. Ellie Pooh LLC is an eco-friendly fair trade company that creates exotic gifts and paper made partially out of elephant poo! All of Mr. Ellie Pooh's papers are handmade, acid free and as absolutely organic. Additionally, Mr. Ellie Pooh's paper products are 100% recycled, made up of 50% fiber from elephant dung and 50% post consumer paper. Mr. Ellie Pooh's paper products do not contain any toxic chemicals traditionally used in Western paper making process. Also, natural vegetative binding agents, along with water-soluble salt dyes are used to color Mr. Ellie Pooh's paper products.

According to “The State of the Paper Industry (2007)” a report by the Environmental Paper Network, 50% of the world's forests have been cleared or burned, and 80% of what's left has been seriously degraded. If the United States cut office paper use by just 10% it would prevent the emission of 1.6 million tons of greenhouse gases - the equivalent of taking 280,000 cars off the road. Moreover, compared to using virgin wood, paper made with 100% recycled content uses 44% less energy, produces 38% less greenhouse gas emissions, 41% less particulate emissions, 50% less wastewater, 49% less solid waste and -- of course -- 100% less wood.

The mission of Mr. Ellie Pooh LLC is to reduce some of the Human/Elephant conflict that is ongoing. We plan to open handmade paper facilities in rural areas, train local villagers to make paper and hire artisans to embellish our goods. We believe that this newly created industry can directly contribute to the local economy. Our hopes are that such an initiative will self educate the villagers into living, working and respecting the elephant. Have them look at the elephants more as an asset instead of as a threat.

Recycling Dung. A unique business.

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