Are crayons bad for the environment?

Answer 1

According to the Crayola website:

"Crayola is the manufacturer of high quality creative experience products marketed primarily under the Crayola and Silly Putty brand names.

"Crayola is continually evaluating opportunities to make our products environmentally friendly. We currently take steps to address environmental health and safety issues by reducing, reusing and recycling our materials. For example, at least 90% of Crayola Crayon packaging is made from recycled cardboard and nearly all Crayola product packaging is made of recyclable materials. For years, Crayola has remelted crayons that do not meet our high quality molding standards and reused the wax. All Crayola facilities comply with local and federal clean air standards."


For more information about recycling efforts and how Crayola works to keep the environment green, see Related Links, below.

Answer 2

Yes, crayons are made from petroleum products and pigments so, therefore, they pollute.

Answer 3

no they aren't, they are safe