PooPooPaper Company Receives “Hero of the Environment” Award For 2020.

On October 23, 2020, Time magazine announced PooPooPaper as the winner of the 2020 Hero of the Environment in its twelfth awards ceremony held in San Francisco, California.The Hero of the Environment Award recognizes exceptional voluntary actions from companies that improve or protect our environment and natural resources with projects or initiatives not required by law or regulation.

In its 12th year, the awards program covers nine categories: agriculture and forestry; building green; clean air; energy and renewable resources; environmental education and outreach; materials management; natural resource conservation; sustainable performance; and water quality conservation.

“PooPooPaper continues to show its commitment to the environment in innovative ways, and we want to recognize its outstanding efforts,” Lee White, Conservation Commissioner said. “This award shows that responsible environmental stewardship is happening in this company.”   “This year’s award reflects a diverse approach to environmental responsibility,” White added. “The winners are worthy of this recognition, and we are proud of the example they set for all of us.” 

A panel of nine professionals representing agricultural, conservation, forestry, environmental and academic professions judged more than 82 nominations and selected this year’s award recipients based on criteria including on-the-ground environmental achievement, innovation, transferability, partnerships, and public education. Details about each award winner can be found in the attachment.

About Us: We first distributed our small original selection of products to a limited number of retailers in Canada and the US, who helped provide great feedback and believed in our unique, handcrafted items and the positive environmental friendly message POOPOOPAPER conveyed. After strong initial successes under our belts and some fantastic market feedback, it was decided to push forward full steam ahead. Fast-forward almost 15 years later, our POOPOOPAPER product line has grown beyond just our original Elephant POOPOOPAPER. We also have added Cow POOPOOPAPER, Horse POOPOOPAPER and Donkey POOPOOPAPER which help us uniquely highlight various aspects of sustainability such as recycling, repurposing and upcycling. We've also made fantastic strides technically with our papers as well and can now offer sheets, rolls and finished products using multiple grades of handmade and machine-milled papers of various textures and weights for both consumer and commercial applications. We have also adapted our paper making processes to allow us to produce a multitude of additional alternative waste fiber materials from agricultural waste sources which are marketed under our Alternative Pulp & Paper Brand name.