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creators. The Greenest Pen award (drumroll please) goes to Bonnie’s Bits and
Things. She collects bamboo (a weed) from people who don’t want them. She
teaches kids to dip 100-percent bamboo pens in soy sauce because it doesn’t stain. The greenest My Boss Might Let Me Use this link award goes to The Constant Forager who uses walnuts she forages, lists all ingredients (which sound edible), and packs inkwells with lichen instead of plastic padding. I asked if both wouldship in reused (even ugly) packaging. She said yes!
The next greenest pens are Pilot’s B2P refillable pens made with 89-percent postconsumer recycled waste from plastic bottles (the highest percent I found). But each nonrecyclable refill comes in plastic packaging. If you have the budget, you can try piston-fill fountain pens with a window showing the ink level. Avoid ones with single-use ink cartridges, which are nonrecyclable. According to economist Jonathan Deans, it’s hard to say if they’re greener than Bic nonrefillable pens. Also, pens in general might be made with metals from polluting mines with human rights violations.
Bamboo crafted pens by Riun Ex Recycled bottle pen by YAFA Biodegradable Corn Starch plastic by ACME Studios Inc. Sustainably Made. Writes 1.7 meters a day for seven years by Seltzer Eco Solution ReAction pen by BIC Eco Friendly, Innovative, Inkless Metal Pen by Jac
