HOW ?

Converting elephant dung into paper products

Giving cotton waste a new life

Building communities where both men and women thrive

What Elecosy can offer

We are an eco-friendly, fair trade company based in Belgium and originating from the paper and interior design industry. We started Elecosy in 2013 with a completely different product in mind, but were rather quickly drawn into the world of Fair Trade and handmade recycled products from rural communities in Sri Lanka and India.

FAIR-TRADE

After two years of hard work, we received our Guaranteed Fair Trade status with the World Fair Trade Organisation. We are 1 of 200 fair trade companies worldwide, and 1 of only 2 in Belgium. Guaranteed, so you can be sure that all our products are made safely, that the workers are paid properly, and that they benefit from extra protection such as education and healthcare ! You can find the ten basic principles of fair trade on the WFTO website.

All products we have been developing have a social project behind them : each notebook, each pair of earrings, each bag, each single flower, all have been made with care and attention by a unique human being. By buying an Elecosy product you contribute to the community they belong to and to their ambition to improve their lives.

ECO-FRIENDLY – RECYCLED – SUSTAINABLE

The environment in the country of origin is respected and the local resources are used : elephant dung, rhino dung, cotton waste, bamboo sticks, No chemicals are used in the manufacturing process. Elephant dung products are sustainable … as long as there are elephants that provide their dung. And that’s the aim of the project in Sri Lanka : prevent human/elephant conflict. Flowers and bowls , wall decoration and earrings are made from the side cuts of the cotton fabric industry. They are mashed up to make cotton paper and the products are created from there.