Elephant Dunk Paper Cube Notepad

These elephant dung paper notepads are made from a sustainable resource and therefore good for the people and planet.

Each notepad measures 4" x 4" and contains approximately 75 sheets of paper. Each notepad is unique in design and color.

Sri Lanka is home to about a tenth of the estimated global total of 40,000 Asian elephants in the wild, however the elephant is running out of space in Sri Lanka since most of the protected areas inhabited by elephants are small.Their sheer size and gargantuan appetite mean that elephants and people cannot live together where agriculture is the dominant form of land use, unless the damage they cause to farmers can be compensated.

Elephant dung may be that resource. It is a commodity that is freely available. On average, an adult elephant produces about 180-200 kg (500 lbs) of it per day.

Since an elephant’s diet is all vegetarian, the waste produced is basically raw cellulose. Thoroughly cleaned and processed, the cellulose is converted into a uniquely beautiful textured paper product.

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