Back-to-school with Smencils: smelly pencils made from recycled newspaper
Send the kids back to school with some funky recycled pencils that also smell good enough to eat! Smencils are pencils which are made by rolling old newspapers round a graphite core, then it's hardened, dipped into an eco-friendly 'gourmet liquid scent' and a biodegradable eraser is added. They are available in ten fragrances including grape, watermelon or rootbeer and although I don't really get the scented bit I do like how they are made using old newspaper rather than wood. According to the company's website 172,000 pencils could be made from a single cedar tree, but 172,000 Smencils can be made from only 430 old newspapers. Also, if you recycled a single run of the New York Times you could save about 75,000 trees!
[via The Alternative Consumer]
