Believe it or not, these pretty, festive giftwrap sets once came out of an elephant's rear end.
The 'poo poo paper' wrapping is made from the dung of Asian elephants. To get it looking so pristine, it is first rinsed, mixed with plant fibre into a pulp, then rolled out and dried to make a rough-textured paper. Everything from design to final packaging is done locally in Thailand and a percentage of profits go towards elephant conservation. And bad news if you were planning on sending this to an irritating relative -- it doesn’t smell!
Poo poo giftwrap is available at the Natural History Museum shop.
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