Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Broken Crayons Begone (Responsibly)!

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Today we are going to talk about how to recycle crayons properly. Here is the step by-step-process to help you get those broken crayons recycled and keep them out of the landfill.

 



  • First, create a place for a shipping envelope filled with unwanted junk mail envelopes, with the color marked on the envelope for each color. Apparently black, purple, and blue are hard to sort, so the sorting is optional, but a nice gesture.

  • Try to leave the wrappers on the crayons to help with sorting colors, if possible.

  • Second, when the envelope is full, seal each envelope.

  • Third, seal with plastic-free tape,

  • Fourth, weigh the package or use a flat rate envelope from the post office.

  • Fifth, address the box/pay for postage to the current crayon recycling facility.




  • Sixth, send to the Crazy Crayons Recycle Program.

  • Seventh, (assuming you need to replace your crayons) buy all-natural, plastic-free, bio-degradable beeswax crayons or soy crayons for my vegan friends. Or go ahead and make your own beeswax crayons/recycle old beeswax crayons (the steps are the same if you are using crayons made with only beeswax & not other waxes, just chop up your old crayons instead of the wax) if you have access to good quality beeswax.




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Here's to keeping crayons out of the landfill and keeping your crayons all natural.


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