Monday, March 26, 2007 9:24 PM
by
will
Truly crappy paper
Let's hope this is never seen as a solution to handling problems with human waste.
What I like is the irrepressible spirit of competition and one-upmanship. Our animal-dropping paper will be even better than Thai animal dropping paper:
Liao Jun, a researcher at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base in
Sichuan province, said the idea came to them after a visit to Thailand
last year where they found paper made from elephant dung. They thought
panda poop would produce an even finer quality paper, he said.
The base is currently in talks with several paper mills on how to
turn the droppings of Jing Jing, Ke Bi, Ya Ya and dozens of other
pandas at the base into reams of office paper and rolls of wrapping
paper, said Liao.
On such commitment and ingenuity is China's rise to greatness founded.