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CHINESE RECYCLING PANDA POOP FOR BOOKMARKS, OLYMPIC OBJECTS
AUDRA ANG, AP - The Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base has come up with a
dung-for-profit scheme that turns droppings from the endangered species
into odor-free souvenirs ranging from bookmarks to Olympic-themed
statues of the animals, state media and base officials said. The
facility in the southwestern province of Sichuan houses about 40
bamboo-fed pandas who produce less than a ton of excrement a day.
"We used to spend at least 6,000 yuan ($770) a month to get rid of the
droppings but now they can be lucrative," Jing Shimin, assistant to the
base director, was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency.
. . An official who answered the phone at the Chengdu facility said the
dung is "carefully selected, smashed, dried and sterilized at 300
degrees Celsius (572 degrees Fahrenheit)." He refused to give his name
but said the products will be of all colors because they will be dyed.
"They don't smell too bad because 70 percent of the dung is just remains
of the bamboo that the pandas are unable to digest," Jing said.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3426705&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
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CHINESE RECYCLING PANDA POOP FOR BOOKMARKS, OLYMPIC OBJECTS
AUDRA ANG, AP - The Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base has come up with a
dung-for-profit scheme that turns droppings from the endangered species
into odor-free souvenirs ranging from bookmarks to Olympic-themed
statues of the animals, state media and base officials said. The
facility in the southwestern province of Sichuan houses about 40
bamboo-fed pandas who produce less than a ton of excrement a day.
"We used to spend at least 6,000 yuan ($770) a month to get rid of the
droppings but now they can be lucrative," Jing Shimin, assistant to the
base director, was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency.
. . An official who answered the phone at the Chengdu facility said the
dung is "carefully selected, smashed, dried and sterilized at 300
degrees Celsius (572 degrees Fahrenheit)." He refused to give his name
but said the products will be of all colors because they will be dyed.
"They don't smell too bad because 70 percent of the dung is just remains
of the bamboo that the pandas are unable to digest," Jing said.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3426705&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
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