Exotic Paper Company adds planter gifts to dung-based stock offerings

The Exotic Paper Company, best known for manufacturing "unusual" paper range Ellie Poo from elephant dung, has branched into eco-aware gifts.

The paper maker is distributing planted boxes replete with an assortment of seeds and a choice of elephant, rhinoceros or reindeer dung to serve as planting material and fertiliser.

Customers can choose from a variety of species of plant, including banana, mimosa, ornamental grass, rose or Christmas trees.

Somerset-based Exotic Paper also produces a range of products from 100% recycled paper in A4 or SRA2 reams, approved by the National Association of Paper Merchants.

The firm, which was established in 2001, uses cleansed and purified elephant dung imported from Sri Lanka.