It’s arts and crafts time on the first day of kindergarten, and you reach for a blue marker to finish a drawing of your backyard that you hope your mom or dad will hang on the refrigerator when you go home. But try as you might, you can’t get the blue marker to work—it’s completely dried up!
Every kid has experienced that moment of frustration. Now, Crayola‘s ColorCycle program uses those dry markers to launch a learning experience that benefits the planet, too. Through their ColorCycle program, teachers can collect and send old markers back to Crayola free-of-charge. According to Crayola, the plastic from the markers is melted, heated until it breaks down into smaller particles, and then cooled back from a gas into a clean-burning liquid fuel useable in cars and homes. The company offers lesson plans, too, that teachers can use to explain how and why the markers will be converted into a clean energy source. Since ColorCycle is a new initiative, it’s something worth sharing with your child’s teachers this fall.
For more eco-friendly fun, see our favorite eco-friendly presents and summer play picks. Older children may enjoy 4M’s Green Science line of science kits, which explore alternative energy and recycling.
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