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These Eco Maximus elephant dung photo albums are full of colour and fun. They are made from 75% elephant dung and 25% recycled paper and make a great, quirky but practical gift. These photo albums are fairly traded and handmade by skilled artisans in Sri Lanka by the Maximus Elephant Conservation Trust. Each album is filled with 10 sheets of differently coloured elephant dung paper. Photos can be put in with photo corners, with spray mount or simple glue. Elephant dung paper is made just the same way as most handmade papers, with just one main difference.....The fibres are pulped by the elephant, instead of by hand or machine, whilst digesting, then the readymade pulp comes out the back! The Elephant dung is collected and then vigorously boiled with margosa leaves, which are a natural disinfectant, then made into paper after mixing with 25% recycled paper. The coarseness and shade of the elephant dung paper is entirely dependent on the elephant?s diet making each sheet unique. We so
