Elephant dung can become paper. In Sri Lanka, local businesses collect it, sterilize it, pulp it, and press it into stationery and tourist gifts. Some natural fibers remain visible, but the finished paper looks, feels, and writes like regular paper.

Watch the full Sri Lanka Logistics episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2kmt25yj_A

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Blythe Brumleve-Milligan
Blythe Brumleve-Milligan
Creative entrepreneur in logistics. Founder of Digital Dispatch, CargoRex, and host of Everything is Logistics. Co-Founder at Jax Podcasters Unite. Previously: Board member of Transportation Marketing and Sales Association, Freightwaves on-air personality. Annoying Jaguars fan.

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