By using solar power, reducing waste and protecting the rainforest, Crayola is doing its part to ensure that the kids heading back to school today will grow up to inspire a healthier world tomorrow. Did you know that Crayola is making crayons with solar power, markers from recycled bottle caps, and colored pencils from reforested wood these days?
The best news is that you´ll still get the same great quality and colors at the same price. So while sometimes environmentally-friendly products cost families more green, this will not be the case with Crayola.
We were sent a few of these products to check out and noticed the new special icons on the packaging calling out the way each product is lessening its impact on the environment. Probably the most obvious change was with the markers.
The Crayola Markers now have black barrels instead of white, which allows for more recycled plastic to be used and gives a second life to more than 1 million pounds of plastic bottle caps. Plus, switching to black barrels keeps hundreds of tons of plastic out of landfills each year. This change will show up in 10-ct. Broadline Classic Colors, 10-ct. Broadline Assorted Colors, 10-ct. Fineline Classic Colors, 8-ct. Washable Broadline and 8-ct. Washable Fineline.
Less obvious changes appeared in items such as the the 24-ct. box of Crayola Crayons. These are now made with the power of the sun. More than 26,200 solar panels will convert sunlight into electricity, generating the energy required to make 1 billion of the 3 billion crayons Crayola makes each year, which equals 60 million 24-ct. boxes.
Another fact worth noting is that the Crayola Green Colored Pencils were the first to go eco friendly. Committed to protecting the rain forests since 1987, all Crayola colored pencils have been made from reforested wood instead of wood sourced from tropical rainforest or endangered species. For every tree used, a new tree of the same species is planted. The 12-, 24-, 36-, and 50-ct. boxes of Crayola Colored Pencils were among the first to carry the "Eco-Evolution" callout on their packaging.
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