Comments on: My Crayon Recycling Program: Symptomatic of a Bigger Problem? http://www.green-talk.com/2009/08/18/my-crayon-recycling-program-symptomatic-of-a-bigger-problem/ Turning the Planet Green, One Conversation at a Time Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Green Talk http://www.green-talk.com/2009/08/18/my-crayon-recycling-program-symptomatic-of-a-bigger-problem/#comment-6759 Green Talk Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:55:10 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=3153#comment-6759 Melissa, check out my link in the article( "recycling crayons"). It hyperlinks to my previous article on who is recycling crayons to make them into new crayons and fire logs. Perhaps you can work out something with them to give them your broken crayon and salvage the good ones. Let me know if you go through with your idea so I can add you to that article. Anna Melissa, check out my link in the article( “recycling crayons”). It hyperlinks to my previous article on who is recycling crayons to make them into new crayons and fire logs. Perhaps you can work out something with them to give them your broken crayon and salvage the good ones. Let me know if you go through with your idea so I can add you to that article. Anna

]]> By: Melissa http://www.green-talk.com/2009/08/18/my-crayon-recycling-program-symptomatic-of-a-bigger-problem/#comment-6752 Melissa Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:16:54 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=3153#comment-6752 I can't believe I came across this today. I live in SF, CA and am considering starting up a program that collects used crayons in order to recycle the teeny ones and package up the good ones to donate / ship to kids in war torn countries. My sis is a 1st grade teacher and I'm blown away by the fact that they struggle so hard to get the things they need. And I read here a teacher threw away stuff?!? Any ideas or encouragement anyone has would be awesome! I can’t believe I came across this today. I live in SF, CA and am considering starting up a program that collects used crayons in order to recycle the teeny ones and package up the good ones to donate / ship to kids in war torn countries.

My sis is a 1st grade teacher and I’m blown away by the fact that they struggle so hard to get the things they need. And I read here a teacher threw away stuff?!?

Any ideas or encouragement anyone has would be awesome!

]]> By: Green Talk http://www.green-talk.com/2009/08/18/my-crayon-recycling-program-symptomatic-of-a-bigger-problem/#comment-6749 Green Talk Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:39:42 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=3153#comment-6749 Green Bean, it amazes me the amount of waste at school. You highlighted a perfect example. I brought all of old games to the teachers after the principal told me that they had bought all new "stuff" for the school year. The teachers gobbled them up to use them in the classroom. I am going to encourage a material exchange at the school for the teachers and the parents. So many of us have boxes of unused supplies that the schools could use. Anna Green Bean, it amazes me the amount of waste at school. You highlighted a perfect example. I brought all of old games to the teachers after the principal told me that they had bought all new “stuff” for the school year. The teachers gobbled them up to use them in the classroom.

I am going to encourage a material exchange at the school for the teachers and the parents. So many of us have boxes of unused supplies that the schools could use. Anna

]]> By: knutty knitter http://www.green-talk.com/2009/08/18/my-crayon-recycling-program-symptomatic-of-a-bigger-problem/#comment-6746 knutty knitter Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:24:17 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=3153#comment-6746 crayons are gold dust round here (2 budding artists and 1 grown up one) and the teeny tiny stubs get recycled into candles by the school. viv in nz ps The pencil in my purse is about an inch long :) crayons are gold dust round here (2 budding artists and 1 grown up one) and the teeny tiny stubs get recycled into candles by the school.

viv in nz

ps The pencil in my purse is about an inch long :)

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]]> By: Green Bean http://www.green-talk.com/2009/08/18/my-crayon-recycling-program-symptomatic-of-a-bigger-problem/#comment-6744 Green Bean Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:01:12 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=3153#comment-6744 I had a similar feeling last year when I volunteered to help my son's teacher ready the classroom for the upcoming school year. We live in California and my son attends a public school. If you've not heard, California is last, or very nearly, in funding per pupil. We have NO money for our schools and, rather than man the green team as I had wanted, I spent my son's kindergarten year working my a** off trying to raise funds to keep the school librarian. (We did it!). But back to that first day, my son's teacher had me throw out all the old glue sticks, crayons, pencils, and so on to be replaced with spanking new ones from Office Depot. It just killed me! Really? Throw them out? There was still glue in them. Many of the crayons were barely used. Is this what we're frittering our few school dollars on? Bright and shiny new supplies when the old ones work perfectly well? I had a similar feeling last year when I volunteered to help my son’s teacher ready the classroom for the upcoming school year. We live in California and my son attends a public school. If you’ve not heard, California is last, or very nearly, in funding per pupil. We have NO money for our schools and, rather than man the green team as I had wanted, I spent my son’s kindergarten year working my a** off trying to raise funds to keep the school librarian. (We did it!). But back to that first day, my son’s teacher had me throw out all the old glue sticks, crayons, pencils, and so on to be replaced with spanking new ones from Office Depot. It just killed me! Really? Throw them out? There was still glue in them. Many of the crayons were barely used. Is this what we’re frittering our few school dollars on? Bright and shiny new supplies when the old ones work perfectly well?

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