Recycled Paper Making

Heaven (Cont.)

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January 30th 2006
After the elephant ride (read earlier blog first), we headed to a recycled paper factory. It was so impressive. They take the scraps from trimming cotton t-shirts, underwear, etc. and turn them into beautiful paper products. We toured the plant and saw the whole process (some by machine, but mostly manual, as most things are in India due to the huge number of workers and expense of machinery). ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more