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Haathi Chaap was founded in Delhi by entrepreneur Mahima Mehra and her business partner Vijendra Shekhawat in 2003. For the first four years, they exported their paper to Germany. In 2007, it was launched in India.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sharma|first=Shailaja|title=Elephant poo makes biz sense too|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_elephant-poo-makes-biz-sense-too_1216754|accessdate=2008-12-26|newspaper=DNA}}</ref> | Haathi Chaap was founded in Delhi by entrepreneur Mahima Mehra and her business partner Vijendra Shekhawat in 2003. For the first four years, they exported their paper to Germany. In 2007, it was launched in India.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sharma|first=Shailaja|title=Elephant poo makes biz sense too|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_elephant-poo-makes-biz-sense-too_1216754|accessdate=2008-12-26|newspaper=DNA}}</ref> | ||
The cleaning of the dung is one of the most important processes. The dung is washed thoroughly with water in large water tanks.<ref>http://elephantpoopaper.com/making2.html</ref> The water of the dung is used as [[fertilizer]]s in the field, and the dung is dried up and used to manufacture paper.<ref name="gkrishna">{{cite | The cleaning of the dung is one of the most important processes. The dung is washed thoroughly with water in large water tanks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://elephantpoopaper.com/making2.html|title = Haathi Chaap - the place for Elephant Poo Paper and Products | Paper Making | Cleaning the Poo}}</ref> The water of the dung is used as [[fertilizer]]s in the field, and the dung is dried up and used to manufacture paper.<ref name="gkrishna">{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=308292|title=Elephant dung paper!|author=Geetanjali Krishna|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=2007-12-22|accessdate=2009-03-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/dung-ho/273894/|title=Dung Ho!|publisher=Express India|date=2008-02-27|accessdate=2009-03-08|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923021955/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/dung-ho/273894/|archivedate=2012-09-23}}</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Few years ago Vijendra Shekhawat went to a shrine atop a hill in [[Jaipur]]. While he was walking at the foot of the hill, he realized that most of the pilgrims preferred to ride on an elephant's back. He observed a few elephants trampling dry elephant dung underfoot. It occurred to him that this smashed dung looks like raw fibre from which paper might be made. | Few years ago Vijendra Shekhawat went to a shrine atop a hill in [[Jaipur]]. While he was walking at the foot of the hill, he realized that most of the pilgrims preferred to ride on an elephant's back. He observed a few elephants trampling dry elephant dung underfoot. It occurred to him that this smashed dung looks like raw fibre from which paper might be made. | ||
Later on many experiments were done on elephant dung until paper was successfully produced. Later, it was named '''Haathi Chaap'''.<ref>http://elephantpoopaper.com/meet.html</ref> | Later on many experiments were done on elephant dung until paper was successfully produced. Later, it was named '''Haathi Chaap'''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://elephantpoopaper.com/meet.html|title = Haathi Chaap - the place for Elephant Poo Paper and Products | Meet da Pooper}}</ref> | ||
==Manufacturing Process== | ==Manufacturing Process== | ||
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[[Category:Indian brands]] | [[Category:Indian brands]] | ||
[[Category:Elephants in India]] | [[Category:Elephants in India]] | ||
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