You’re going to wanna be real careful the next time you go to smell a ‘Scratch & Sniff’ card!
Why? Because it could be manufactured with a high level of sheep manure, or kangaroo poo. There are a few businesses springing up creating their handmade papers with recycled materials. Sheep’s poo, cotton from denim jeans, flax, elephant droppings (now there’s a solution to the world’s paper crisis) and even beer.
Interested in seeing how they do it? These guys even have hints on how to make it yourself, and just when I was about to recommend that “you don’t try this at home!”
So when next you notice a slight odour eminating from a gift card you received, test your senses and guess which animal’s waste products contributed to its manufacture. Once you’ve finished with it, discard it in the compost – the perfect carbon/ nitrogen material.
One of my most treasured handmade books is one I bought at the Melbourne Zoo and is made from elephant poo. And there’s no smell! It’s a lovely textured paper (don’t let your imagination go wild!).