Recycled Crayons
June 13th, 2011 by john
As a new dad, I’ve been busy looking at ways to make the process of raising my little boy a little more planet friendly. While he’s not yet ready to be using crayons, I’m sure there will come time when he does enjoy scribbling, and eventually colouring, with them.
I don’t think crayons are particularly bad for the environment (although all that scribbled on paper might not be ideal), but every time I’ve tried using the ones that some restaurants provide for kids to colour their menus, I’ve ended up breaking at least one. All those broken fragments of crayons likely end up in the landfill, which is a terrible waste.
Recycled Crayons
Crazy Crayons have solved this by offering recycled crayons. They have three different shapes to choose from too. My favourite is the simple, double ended stick crayon with the word recycled written down its length.
Better still, you can send your used crayons to Crazy Crayons and have them recycled. They take their own as well as other makes (although there are some limits for crayons that may contain lead or plastics).
