Aus Scheiße Geld gemacht

In China werden jetzt Souvenirs aus Pandakot hergestellt. Die Aktion hat u.a. wirtschaftliche Gründe. Statt die Entsorgung zu bewältigen, wird nun Geld mit den Exkrementen verdient. Ich möchte gar nicht wissen, an wie viel Verordnungen, Gesetzen oder anderen Vorschriften solche Ideen in Deutschland scheitern würden.

In an attempt to gain awareness for the endangered panda bear, the world's largest giant panda research base in southwest China's Sichuan Province has developed a dung-for-profit scheme that makes souvenirs from the animal's waste.

Now you can have odor-free souvenirs ranging from bookmarks to Olympic-themed statues of the animals made especially by the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding center, which houses about 40 bamboo-fed pandas that produce almost a ton of dung a day.

Jing Shimin, assistant to the base director, tells state-run media that, "we used to spend at least 6,000 yuan ($770) a month to get rid of the droppings but, now they can be lucrative."

A local handicraft company has stepped forward to make products from undigested bamboo picked from the panda waste and put through a special sterilization process which heats the material to 572 degrees Fahrenheit.

The trinkets reportedly don't smell bad because a large portion of the dung contains remains of the bamboo that the pandas are unable to digest.

Quelle: allheadlinenews.com