Paper Made From Elephant Dung Could Save Trees | World Wide Waste | Business Insider

"Chief excrement officers" Tun and Michael Flancman were already turning elephant poop into paper when, in 2009, the recession made them look for new revenue sources. The couple opened PooPooPaper Park, where visitors learn how to make paper from elephant waste. We visit Chiang Mai province in Thailand to see how one company turned its process of making treeless paper into an attraction that also supports Asian elephants.
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[@djackson4605]

They use all non-toxic materials in case kids eat it! They also opened their business for public-viewing while operating. This couple is so brilliant I cannot describe it properly...

[@randomphil8666]

Elephant dung is safe to eat? 😮

[@skyral4137]

@@randomphil8666 It's safe to eat but it doesn't mean you should eatbit

[@Kristjan687]

me, a paper eater: 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔

[@sharptoothtrex4486]

This is a disgusting sickening job makes me barf repeatedly.

[@necrotenkiwongwat2359]

@@randomphil8666 there exist elephant poop coffe in thailand to

[@lalexander1144]

Honestly, the whole thing looks so peaceful....

[@Zenocius]

This is how you respect nature, unlike the elephants in india being chained and dressed like clown because they are associated with their god.

[@historicalcucumber]

Honestly this is very similar to how handmade paper is made normally, but instead of humans breaking down the plant fibers into pulp they just let the elephants stomach do the work. Since elephants don't eat meat they're poop is just stringy plant fibers and like horses and other herbivores it's not as smelly as an animal that eats meat like a dog or even us people. Excellent idea honestly...

[@jadecoolness101]

I don't buy the not as smelly thing. I've had horses, their shits are HORRENDOUS

[@markrobin3666]

In whole Asia Population ratio of human to elephant is 100000:1 Means for every one hundred thousand or 1 lakh people there is only one elephant This needs to change and must change in favour of elephants

[@peterlee840]

@@jadecoolness101 same with cows and most live stock.

[@historicalcucumber]

@@jadecoolness101 i mean dont get me wrong no one is saying poop of any kind necessarly smells "good" persay, but we used to raise quarter horses on our family farm and I've also visited chicken and pig farms before and believe me when I tell you that horse poop smells like fresh cut grass compared to pigs and chickens. 🤮

[@ArunSharma-ov1bz]

That's why we should not eat flesh. All non vegetarians are real BASTURDS

[@caroro.2210]

as a guy that eats paper for no reason, this is a big W

[@FSMassy]

I can finally make my own paper

[@andregrajalez543]

I eat it directly from the source,its soooo creamy and fluffy🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

[@ws8061]

I chew on straws, keep toothpicks in my mouth all day, chew on small bits of paper etc. It's my replacement addiction for nicotine lol.

[@jx995]

You dropped this 👑

[@Magical_Trash]

I used to eat paper when I was little. I stopped when a small wad got stuck in my back molar and hurt something fierce 😭😭💀

[@EveloGrave]

This warmed my heart. Hearing "Pootique" made me audibly "aww".

[@viviana3999]

I LITERALLY said the SAME THING HAHAHHAHA💗🌸✨ pootique for life ✌🏽

[@Serensive]

Him: *Sniffs* Also him: “Smells like tea” 😂

[@BIGGUNNDON]

😆 🤣

[@hashimina_]

Man's flinching a bit there

[@sakuranovaryan9261]

Lmao. That was funny for no reason

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

@@hashimina_ 0:15 I didn't see him flinch. We should be glad if the elephant poop isn't smelly. Especially after boiling it.

[@Sku11Ski11]

"Making paper without tree is the priority number one, even if that means handling alot of number two." A great pun. The writer of this was on fire writing this.

[@N0Xa880iUL]

Hahaha

[@dann5480]

Pretty basic, a 5 year old could do better.

[@fandroid6491]

@@dann5480 That 5 year old: I want to bee a *b e e*

[@cantnv1]

I absolutely LOVE IT!! A coworker got me a pad of "poo paper" like 10 years ago, and I STILL have it!

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

what a shitty gift. thats awsome

[@-bigChungusVerified]

@@TheCaptainSplatter Literally sheety ❤😂😂

[@creativepop8196]

Having a job title as trained poo Meisters is the most amazing thing to have and something I didn't expect to hear

[@sussybaca7256]

Lol growing up I always wanted to work on a fishing ship so I could work my way up to earning the title of Master baiter

[@slyfawkes7772]

It's not origami if the paper is cut. That's kirigami. However, that common mistake does nothing to diminish the creativity and originality of this amazing and resourceful creation.

[@nehabiswas7511]

I just went to Thailand and bought a cute notebook only to see a note saying it’s made of poop and it coloured me curious and here I am. That was a purchase I don’t regret, probably get more of them if I revisit.

[@user-kp2ov1gm4w]

In India also, there is a company which makes paper from Cow Dung. That paper is used for making greeting cards, bags etc.

[@gaza1677]

Interesting 🤔

[@cocosun9779]

I still have their poopoopaper notebook. Quality is outstanding! Bring me back to 2017 I want to travel to Chiang Mai again ❤

[@MurderBong]

WHAT A LIVING HERO FOR THE ENVIRONMENT…

[@simprojects1643]

These are the kind of people who actually deserve "respect" 💯💯

[@user-kv4gq1ww5q]

0:56 THE GIRL DANCING 😭

[@erikad0511]

I love that their park is teaching about repurposing and about elephants but without having any elephants be there. Elephants are intelligent, emotional and need their herd... It's heartbreaking what some humans do to these beautiful animals. I hope sanctuaries get all the help they need and number of Asian elephant go up

[@markrobin3666]

In whole Asia Population ratio of human to elephant is 100000:1 Means for every one hundred thousand or 1 lakh people there is only one elephant This needs to change and must change in favour of elephants

[@amxwarestudios]

​@@markrobin3666 What, that's too many elephants lmao

[@haphazardprism]

At least he is trying to make a positive change. More so then most people. My self included.

[@Jack-xo2zp]

I'm surprised that the owners haven't done the obvious thing with the paper, which is to roll it onto paper tubes to produce exotic toilet paper for people who want to feel extra special.

[@bmanpura]

Brand name : Back2Back

[@ghostratsarah]

Patent it. I'm too lazy to steal the IP but I will buy your product.

[@abrahamclintona3596]

How about “rolling paper” for smoking? Call it “good shit”

[@a.aa2741]

@@bmanpura 😂🤣🤣😂😂😂😂comment of the year!! 👌

[@user-oi3yb7mm7h]

A person with gratitude will always be respected and loved.

[@mattheweburns]

Kind of sad how the elephants were cast with moving logs from the forest where they once lived that’s actually pretty darn gruesome. I’m glad they are doing good things now if you do good good things will come even from poop

[@HandsomeDevil456]

I love seeing the creative ways people can repurpose things.

[@otsana9322]

omg i hve a book thats made out of elephant dung which my parents bought for me when i was really little. ive read it over and over again and this is the first time im actualy seeing something on the internet about it! im estatic right now!! this is beautiful!!

[@dangus6934]

elephants are such rare and beautiful creatures.

[@fortitudevalance8424]

In the future newspapers will not just be full of shit it will be made of shit. Good shit.

[@Nirrrina]

This is amazing & a bouquet of paper roses is only $22? What an awesome price! I'd definitely like these over real roses. Real ones are nice but these last a lot longer & have a much better story to tell to guests.

[@thenotoriousroc3508]

"yeaaaaah, Roses really smell like 💩 💩 💩 "

[@sunshine3914]

@@thenotoriousroc3508 Only carnivore poop reeks.

[@thenotoriousroc3508]

@@sunshine3914 its frm Outkast, Andre 3k (:

[@AveMaria82100]

@@thenotoriousroc3508 well the video says that after they boil them to sanitize them, they no longer smell like poop because it kills off the harmful bacteria. The video says that it just smells like grass after the boiling and sanitizing process.

[@thenotoriousroc3508]

@@AveMaria82100 its a jokey joke. the op comment reminded me of the song idk y 😅

[@erikward760]

I love how the recipe contains every ingredient required to fully make paper and he was like "we should add poop to this too"

[@m.ta.r.6443]

If you touch the ground anywhere, you have touched variants of poop. These people boil and strain the crap out for over a week. Then match it up with other things that smell different to help in the paper or manure's manufacture. This couple is amazing though. They've been able to work through alot together to keep this up. Great examples of human adaptation and how it looks when the producers and consumers profit and grow.

[@BreezeGolf89]

You got me at "Pooutique"

[@lalac1577]

Love this company❤ God bless them and the elephants

[@bettywilson2893]

Amazing what a wonderful way to recycle, way to go 👏

[@sunshine3914]

Elephant & cow dung smells a helluva lot better than a regular paper mill. I used to live downwind from a paper mill. The smell is unbelievable… a lot like a cross between hot sour milk & a hog farm.

[@mikehatzn]

A big bravo to the founder!👍

[@tonkabear2369]

$22 is a steal for something handmade like that

[@SignsBehindScience]

It's a result of so much hardwork, creativity, and care. It's not a lot

[@tonkabear2369]

@@SignsBehindScience I agree which is why $22 seems too low.

[@italianlifestyle7911]

Lovely, picturesque place with lovely people who are doing their best to take care and protect the surrounding beauty!💚🌄💚

[@Houston583]

Appreciated ! Write me using the digit added to my name okay

[@user-us6ce7me8k]

♥♥

[@utej.k.bemsel4777]

My bf adores elephants! I presented her an dried elephants poop ball from our local zoo for her birthday! She liked it and used it for her garden.

[@Lithic.flakes]

That's honestly so wholesome!

[@treetop2842]

This is an essential survival skill. Cool beans that you shared this.

[@emmanuelwekesa976]

There are also coffee derived from elephant poo, civet poo. In Kenya , some students also made soaps from elephant poo.

[@lucasblanchard47]

That’s just so cool! You know you’ve made it when you sell your products to the Smithsonian!

[@MegaHat1234]

Didn't expect such a beautiful story

[@npcsenpai1185]

Anything that uses waste for good is great.

[@teaanjay]

Great vid! I am not even aware that thisbplace exists😆 I will visit them qhen I have a chance!

[@Raaa1111..]

Great quality paper. All organic and its already processed

[@glenng8185]

I have been there in august. Great place!

[@natively278]

Nice 💯 💚 Evan using it as cakes for fire starters but this love it 💚

[@potatomeatlabs]

6:09 People who know got a bit of a chuckle. Those look healthy!

[@recklessfilms5157]

Lmfao I’d be trying to stealthily grab a few!

[@willshedo]

Soooo coool! I appreciate those people!

[@emmanuelharbor2350]

Quite a unique culture to conserving and treating animals fairly!

[@faafafineartist]

I love elephants. BRILLIANT win/win idea.

[@amypieterse4127]

So cool. I am busy learning to make paper.

[@afunguspore]

Intriguing, I just need a piece of paper and privacy to make this

[@ghostratsarah]

And to be an herbivore whose diet consists of purely fibrous plants such as raw leaves and tree bark, also pure water. Your intestinal tract also has to be designed to process the plant material so it comes out your other end in a usable form. Anything but a strict diet would lead to contamination that would ruin the product This is intentionally written to be a spoil-sport type joke, not to be a rude nerd. I have to clarify this or my jokes usually get taken as the latter.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

@@ghostratsarah Even if our poop isn't fiberous, maybe we can use our poop for fuel.

[@randomgirl9788]

0:17 "It smells like tea" 😂😂

[@asmario3075]

You’re best one yet insider

[@ayeshaclassesgk]

Day by day addicted to your vdo by❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘😘😘😘😘❤️❤️😘😘

[@tammyprovost936]

This is amazing I would buy this and I mean that I know it's going to be extra money probably because of the way he has to do it but it's 100% recyclable that means that you can put it in your compost pile and I live in America we have a problem I wish this man would come to our country and help us recycle our paper these people had the best recycling and they're wonderful loving people and they're caring in their hard-working and God bless them they're amazing please keep putting this out like I said before though I would buy this so if you could put out where to get this I would really appreciate it and on top of that I wish you'd come to our country in America and please help us start recycling too this is an amazing thing to do right here and it's all from poo and I love that because you took the stuff from poo and it's not taking anything from the planet all you're doing is making it into something useful and recycling it before it can get recycled again because it will be able to be recycled 100% and you're using food color dye which is amazing and the colors are beautiful just beautiful and I don't care if I couldn't get the same one over and over again that's the best part of this they're unique every single time that you get paper from and you it would be unique all the colors would be God bless and thank you so much there is so much you can do with this this is recycling paper this is amazing whatever's better on the planet it's worth it. Can I ask a question please if somebody can answer it would be great are those bags that you sell please tell me you have it online because if that's 100% recyclable I want those bags I want y'all's bag because I don't carry a person at all because I don't want to add to the garbage in the world which if you if you know somebody please let me know if they do do this cuz you could even use that for makeup and if it got what you didn't have to worry about it because it's recyclable and you can throw it in your compost except for well the zipper would take a long time but that's amazing I've never seen anything like this this is amazing and the part that makes it unique is that they're not all the same in the papers not perfect because it is handmade and that's what makes it unique God bless you and thank you for showing this and sharing this with the world

[@musichearttouching553]

Great work without harming the Nature and what we have accordingly act that was amazing and Incredible. To save the planet and Naure sweet concept worth it congratulations. Jai Hind Jai Bharath

[@Jellygrass]

0:55 Girl vibing in the background is just chef kiss

[@mrross1606]

That'd a great idea on the first look

[@ryder389]

I was gifted some poopoo paper years ago, and loved it! I even have a bookmark from them 😊

[@yaad2226]

YO MAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@WasuWasuSu]

I hope they expand into elephant sanctuary in the future, seems like a nice environment to be at.

[@theunforgiven2885]

This is amazing ❤

[@IHateWearingBra]

Lovely!!!

[@fearnoone4030]

Wow!!! I love it. The human mind can certainly be a remarkable gift to the world. However, so many ppl just want to exploit, abuse & scheme; who cares the outcome of such greed? It breaks my 💔 when I see or hear how depraved ppl can be. The capturing of wild animals (especially the elephant) for the sole benefit of $$, whether for a great deal or mere pennies is a huge indictment of mankind. Glad to see these folks doing something different in kindness/compassion while leading BY EXAMPLE.❤️ Good on them!👍

[@prakashkarki9367]

I just have a small concern on this process. As it was mentioned that this could save a tree from being main ingredient for paper production. Aren't they using wood to boil a whole thing?

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

You can use fallen branches, branches from pruning, old recycled wood, dead or decaying trees, or fast growing plants like bamboo. Maybe they could also learn to use energy and heat from things like solar panels. Or burning dung. Scientists are also working on harvesting energy from algae or seaweed. Because it's abundance, the ocean is big, and you don't have to take up land.

[@SevenDeMagnus]

Cool, save the planet. God bless.

[@chairshoe81]

papa's perfect premium pillowy precious poop paper

[@sussybaca7256]

Fun fact. The first car that I believe Ford made was made to run on hemp oil. The US declaration on independence was originally made on hemp paper (was also written in both English and spanish) Ship masts and ropes were also made out of hemp. Crazy just thinking how things could of gone if different things were used. More fun facts. The first electric car came out late 1800s early 1900s. And the first self driving car was made by a Japanese guy in the 1980s but the Japanese government wasn't interested in it. Hopefully this paper business won't get bought out by bigger paper companies.

[@SandyRiverBlue]

What a refreshing young man. If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life. Plus...elephants.

[@1061shot]

Those cubensis mushrooms looked happy

[@hunterhq295]

Ingenuity never ceases to impress me

[@dekyed]

PooPooPaper! What a name! 😆😆

[@lephuoctongvietnam]

Rất tuyệt vời ! Chúc sức khỏe !

[@dwarfbard]

"Poo-tique" - nice one :D

[@alecksa9857]

Amazing 👍👏

[@realcomedye]

if poop paper was poop paper than what is poop paper but with poop on it in the toliets? lol

[@Ethan-cy5fu]

The mushrooms seen at 6:08 on the elephant dung seems to be Psilocybe Cubensis, a psychedelic mushroom, the most commonly sold species.

[@jaredherman928]

It is!

[@elenikotsaki3020]

Amazing animals ❤️

[@pulutovito0073]

Love it.

[@crimsonshadowjj7935]

I love this place

[@kimquyen8878]

amazing

[@SevenDeMagnus]

Lol, he smelled at 0:17 Extreme talent.

[@Northmaindreams]

This is interesting 🤔

[@joshuapineda8708]

You think it’d be possible for this sorta thing to become our regular paper one day? Cuz this is could be very efficient and self sufficient.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

It doesn't have to be self sufficient or become common paper. The point is about recycling. Watch NHK World-Japan Zero Waste Life on umbrellas. Saito Aki recycles umbrellas into bags. She said she would be glad there's no more trash, even tho they're her materials. Cause who would want trash? You can use a different material if there's no more trash. Saito is doing this not cause she wants to or that there's no materials to use but because she feels like she has to, to help recycle and reduce trash. Saito said she wants everyone to know about the excess trash problem. Not every business person is concern the most about expanding their business. But they can be concern about other things like the environment. Some business owners said they started their business to help the environment, like recycle. Not really cause they're interested in business. Such as Kimura Naoko from NHK World-Japan Zero Waste Life on crayons. It's obvious that the people in this video are interested in and set out to recycle. Not really business. They don't seem to try to farm elephants to farm more poop.

[@jrobbin24]

So cool

[@blackamericanlesbianprofes4357]

Thank you for posting. I have learned something new. 28sept22

[@sethnaugle984]

30 years and and I chuckle at poo poo paper park...

[@margaretphenicie4522]

Near Cambodia. It's a holiday now!

[@clickbiat]

I love how Pete can speak good English but chooses to speak his native language instead.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

Maybe because he does struggle with English. Just cause he can speak some English doesn't mean he doesn't struggle with it.

[@clickbiat]

@@user-gu9yq5sj7c struggling to speak English doesn’t stop people from speaking it, that’s how we learn.

[@cassie668]

Paper roses made of poop paper? Makes me Think of the outkast song lol, I think Roses?

[@boowiebear]

Cool small scale recycling project but doesn’t scale.

[@MichaelJackson_lisaBP]

Elephant be like human are taking our shit to made an paper 🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelburchard3131]

To achieve greatnesses, you need to start working towards it. Investing remains the smartest way to prepare for the unexpected. Been into this for 6years and I’m extremely pleased with the returns. The good news is it’s not too late to start

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nice video

[@jaycee150]

My family went on a trip to thailand and I was supposed to go but my stupid young self wanted to stay home with my friends and (now broken up) bf. When they came back from their trip my mom gave me a pad of paper from here. It reads “someone who loves me gave me this note pad made from elephant poop!”

[@duramax78]

I’d love to buy a big one, and get a artist to draw a elephant.

[@LaineyBug2020]

Imagine if they got an elephant to paint a picture on the elephant poop paper!

[@proudtobeAYSHUN]

when i worked with students for reading, there are book sets according to the students' approximate reading level. there was a book about this business!

[@user-mq8el4mf3q]

Elephants are so cute

[@ayeshaclassesgk]

मेरी तरफ से आप और आपके परिवार को नवरात्रि की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं ......❤️❤️😘😘❤️❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️❤️😘❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️