Paper made from panda poop!
                 Source: Xinhua | 2016-11-28 15:40:56 | Editor: huaxia

Paper made from panda poop.

Love me, love my poop! Giant pandas' waste is turned into paper by handicraftsmen in northwest China with paper making method that dates back about 2,000 years.

Noting the abundant fiber in the poop of the bamboo-eating bear, Liu Xiaodong, 68, from Shaanxi Province, has developed paper out of panda waste along with paper mulberry bark and kiwi fruit vines after two years' research. See how it is made:

Liu Xiaodong shows the giant panda's poop.

Step 1. Rinse the poop.



Step 2. Beat down the fiber into pulp.



Step 3. Add the juice of kiwi fruit vines and stir the pulp.



Step 4. Add the bark of paper mulberry.



Step 5. Screen the paper.



Step 6. Press and dry the paper.



Step 7. Dry to get the actual paper.

(Xinhua photos/Li Yibo)

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Paper made from panda poop!

Source: Xinhua 2016-11-28 15:40:56

Paper made from panda poop.

Love me, love my poop! Giant pandas' waste is turned into paper by handicraftsmen in northwest China with paper making method that dates back about 2,000 years.

Noting the abundant fiber in the poop of the bamboo-eating bear, Liu Xiaodong, 68, from Shaanxi Province, has developed paper out of panda waste along with paper mulberry bark and kiwi fruit vines after two years' research. See how it is made:

Liu Xiaodong shows the giant panda's poop.

Step 1. Rinse the poop.



Step 2. Beat down the fiber into pulp.



Step 3. Add the juice of kiwi fruit vines and stir the pulp.



Step 4. Add the bark of paper mulberry.



Step 5. Screen the paper.



Step 6. Press and dry the paper.



Step 7. Dry to get the actual paper.

(Xinhua photos/Li Yibo)

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