Bijeesha Budhathoki
February 24, 2021
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Elephant dung paper products. Photo: Ecoorb Ventures
Sunny Rajopadhyaya thinks he has lived through American rapper will.i.am’s famous quote: “Waste is not waste until we waste it.”
Following these words, Rajopadhyaya has been converting elephant dung, which is waste in general, into usable paper products. His startup ‘Ecoorb Ventures’ has been an example of sustainable waste management and entrepreneurship.
Conception
Rajopadhyaya, 29, who currently works as the CEO of this company today, shares it all began in 2015 during his frequent visits to Chitwan. “During one of my visits to Sauraha, we went to the Elephant Breeding Centre in Chitwan National Park to see the baby elephants. There, I happened to see heaps of elephant dung lying around,” he says.