Thursday, September 7, 2006
Sheep poo paper
Creative Paper Wales's flagship product is made from sheep shit. The crap is collected, sterilized, and mixed in with other recycled paper. The water used to wash is given to farmers as fertilizer. The Creative Paper Wales founders have just won a £20,000 award from UnLtd (the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs). From the BBC News:
Founders Lawrence Toms, 38, from Rhondda and Lez Paylor, 38, from Caerphilly, said they had been keen to develop an idea which would create a manufacturing company which would be uniquely Welsh and could produce a product that foreign imports could not compete with.Link to BBC News article, Link to Sheep Poo Paper, Link to UnLtd aware page
They also wanted to set up a low-tech company with minimal capital which was also environmentally friendly...
The company's plant at a former quarry building at Aberllefenni near the Centre for Alternative Technology near Machynlleth will be able to produce one to two tonnes of paper a year.
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