Environmentally friendly pens?

Question: I use ink pens (that say they are "green") & after I'm done with them we usually just buy a whole new one. To buy just new ink from "Staples" there is plastic surrounding one single cylinder of ink. Is there anywhere I can buy a box of just ink cyclinders things to cut down on packaging & plastic or go to the store to refill the cyclinder with ink manually? I don't like led pens. Any suggestions...Thank you.

Answer: I would recommend a couple online sources for greener pens: www.greenlinepaper.com and greenearthofficesupply.com. They both have an extensive inventory of green office, school, and desk supplies including pens, pencils, paper, binders, etc. Products such as recycled plastic pens and ink refills are sold in sets of 10 or 12 in cardboard boxes. I did a little research into your question about pencil lead. As it turns out, pencil lead is really not lead, but a nontoxic mixture of graphite and clay. Back in the 1600s, graphite was thought to be a type of lead and consequently was called black lead or plumbago. Some graphite is pure enough to use without modification. But lower quality graphite needs help to keep it in a usable form. Various binders were tried, clay was introduced in the late 1700s and is still used today.

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