Comments on: Crayola Is Transforming Used Markers Directly Into Clean Energy

By: DaveB

DaveB — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 01:36:00 +0000

They are not being incinerated. Maybe people need to investigate further before accepting someone’s comments as fact?

http://www.plastic2oil.com/site/home

By: SpiffySolarDotCom

SpiffySolarDotCom — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:53:00 +0000

What they’re really saying is, “Trust us, incinerating is a good thing, and we’re too lazy to explain the thought process that brought us to this conclusion. Just trust us, even though we’re too lazy to really innovate and create a better way.” It sounds to me like their process engineers, as well as their PR folks, need to go back to school.

By: Deni Diesel

Deni Diesel — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 13:38:00 +0000

They are incinerated I guess? Probably not something a Lean Six Sigma practitioner would recommend with all the labor and transport (fuel/energy) required…

I agree that crayons are the better alternative. More of a sustainability-themed naturalistic approach. Harder to ruin clothes and teaches a bit of a skill not learnable with markers.

By: Stan Hlegeris

Stan Hlegeris — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 01:44:00 +0000

Far better to be done with the rotten markers entirely.

Kids do better with crayons anyway, and when they’re used up there’s nothing left but a scrap of paper.

Schools and teachers have been manipulated into specifying big sets of plastic-bodied markers in every year’s stationery kits. Parents, just say no!

By: Marion Meads

Marion Meads — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 18:40:00 +0000

This is nothing but a pure PR stunt. If you add up all the time and effort of people collecting and sorting these spent markers, it would be one of the most expensive sources of energy. It is done to appease the minds of the folks who have the notion that a waste is a terrible thing to mind.