Fancy writing on paper made from wombat poo?

EVEN green-living crusaders might be turned off by the prospect of using paper made from wombat poo.

Wombat excrement is being used to make writing paper Wombat excrement is being used to make writing paper

The dung-paper, which is green or gold depending on when the excrement is collected, has been launched by the same Australian company that previously made paper from kangaroo droppings.

 

Creative Paper's Darren Simpson said wombats are much cleaner than kangaroos, making it easier to make the product. But they can only use dung from animals in captivity.

He told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: "They're very territorial."

"In fact what they do is leave their droppings as a form of saying, 'this is my area'. So if you remove it, they have to keep putting it back."

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