Yesterday at a office product store, I was impressed to see pens made from recycled bottles. Now that's another good way to re-use some of that garbage. A while ago I also saw some pencils made directly from recycled newspapers. All good.
I got several other ideas to reduce garbage.
1. Don't lose it
Ok kids, a pen contains some very concentrated ink. It is an EXCELLENT invention. Imagine you have to write with feather-ink pens like Thomas Jefferson. You have to write a lot to use up the ink of just one pen. Theoretically a pack of 10 pens can be used for a very long time... Try not to lose 1 pen a day... and use a brand in which the inks actually come out (so you don't have to throw-and-curse it when you most need it.
2. Mechanical pencil instead of pencil
Mechanical pencil is also some excellent invention. Buy one and all you need is add additional lead and no sharpening. Young kids should probably stick with pencils first though... Someone should invent a BETTER eraser than the traditional worthless red eraser for the regular pencil. If you need pencil (if ever), use a mechanical one...
Kids of the future... will they ever need pens in college? or use some stylus on some hard-to-imagine future Touch Pad machines? But nothing beats the flipping of papers in going over your notes... In my college days, I can't even afford a computer. I go to the labs.
I am glad to see many people have how-to-reduce-garbage in mind. Also, the recent trend in reduced plastic in plastic water bottles is good. how about NO plastic at all? Boil that water... use a faucet filter... or buy a gallon instead of 12 oz bottles.
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