How to Recycle Your Kids Crayons, crayon donation program
By Spramani Elaun
Why I started recycling Crayons
I recycle crayons into new blocks of crayons.
I make beautiful handcrafted Colour Blocks™ square crayons.
Colour Blocks™ also come in natural pure beeswax and soy waxes.
Over the course of many years teaching art, I collected pounds and pounds of previously loved crayons.
Friends, family, students and teachers passed me their old crayons.
Not having the heart to throw them into the landfills, I researched all about crayons.
I learned how crayons were made, and what they were made from.
I learned some interesting facts about how long it takes for crayons to biodegrade.
I then started experimenting with recycling old crayons.
The first Colour Blocks were made and sold at a local street market bazaar in 2008 in San Diego.
My efforts and movement to recycle crayons became a business called Colour Blocks™.
Current Environmental Problem With Crayons Today:
Traditional crayons are sticks of paraffin wax, similar to candles we burn in our home.
Paraffin wax, colored pigments and sometimes by-products are combined to make crayons.
Paraffin crayons can take up to five, ten and even 25 years to naturally biodegrade into our eco systems only in the right conditions.
How you can recycle old crayons!
Information is available on how to recycle crayons
• Educational literature on why you should recycle crayons
• Ways to collect and get old crayons to Colour Blocks™ or other crayon recyclers
• How to organize school districts to recycle their crayons for pick-up
•. Guest educational speeches by Colour Blocks™ on how to Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
• How to make recycled crayons at home
Colour Blocks™ has a huge educational message to spread to the public. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
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