The economy has made it necessary for us to reorganize...

At this time TheCrayonBin.com is discontinuing the "Crayons-4-Crayons Program". We will still except crayons for recycling but can no longer return a set of crayons for each set we receive. The crayons shipped to us will be recycled into our "Crayon Fire Starters". We will no longer manufacture the novelty or specialty crayons. Thank you for participating in our Crayons-4-Crayons Program. If you would like to send us your crayons for recycling please see our Contact page.

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At this time TheCrayonBin.com has stopped selling our recycled crayons. The law enacted by the CPSIA will make it to expensive to continue recycling crayons. My plans are to continue to manufacture the Fire Starters. This portion of the business is a much small part of my recycling process and I will have to scale back at this time. I will continue to collect crayons to help keep them out of our landfills.

While I agree there must be testing for lead and other harmful chemicals in children's toys I feel that the redundant testing of toys(crayons) that have already been tested by the major companies is overkill and will end up closing many small businesses.

This law was enacted because of certain foreign countries not being closely monitored and allowing products into this country that didn't meet the standards previous to H.R.4040. With the economy in the toilet as it is this is just another dump on the small business owner just trying to scratch out a living. If you feel the same way please write your congressional leaders and ask that they take a much closer look at H.R.4040. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Andrew Santos
Owner TheCrayonBin.com

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Let's take a look at crayons and our enviroment:

  • Most kids only use about 5% of a crayon before it is relagated to the crayon bin never to be touched again. (usually once the tip is used the rest of the crayon is never touched)
  • Most crayons are made from parafin wax (a petroleum by-product) or even worse plastic. These take a long time to break down (biodegrade) in our land fills.
  • On average by the age of eleven a child has accumulated a crayon bin containing between 4 - 5 pounds of crayons they will never use again.
  • If we are going green let's make sure our kids are going green. Show them how to peel the wrappers on the crayons and use most of the crayon. Show our children how to walk the walk and become more environmentally friendly.