Paper industry is considered as one of the world’s largest consumers of fossil fuels and biggest industrial polluter. The industry is criticized by environmental groups for being responsible for massive deforestation around the world. With the use of modern technology such as the printing press and the highly mechanised harvesting of wood, paper has become a cheap commodity. This has led to a high level of consumption and waste. Worldwide consumption of paper has risen by 400% in the past 40 years, with 35% of harvested trees being used for paper manufacture.

Pencils from Paper Wastes

I started this project last year in my college to encourage and motivate students to recycle paper. Like other educational institutions, paper consumption is very high in our college. Read on for a simple and cost-effective method to make high-quality pencil from waste paper which can be used at school or at work..

The following materials are required to start your DIY paper recycling project.

• White Glue
• Lead from any stationary store
• Old newspapers
• Pencil for drawing lines
• Ruler
• Scissor

Step 1

Use 4 to 5 pages of the newspaper and measure the right size for the lead which is about 18 cm length x 10cm width. You can also draw with the pencil to make sure it fits the right size of the lead.

Step 2

Cut the newspaper following the lines you have drawn and it will look like a rectangle shape.

Step 3

Apply glue at the edge of the rectangle shaped-paper and place the lead to start the rolling process.

Step 4

Carefully roll the paper with lead inside by using glue at fixed intervals.

Step 5

After finishing the rolling process, let it dry for few minutes. Re-start the rolling process with another piece of newspaper until the pencil is of the same size as a regular wood pencil.

Finally, your pencil, which will be same as a normal wooden pencil, is ready for use.

Please propagate this environmental message among your friends and co-workers. These 5 simple steps to make pencils from paper wastes have the potential to make a big impact on the environment.

Don’t forget that recycling a ton of paper saves 17 trees and 3.3 cubic yards in landfill space!

Originally posted 2020-12-21 00:25:45.

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Fatima Al-Banna

Fatima Al-Banna is a bachelor student at Sharjah Higher Colleges of Technology majoring in Business Administration and Marketing. Her environmental passion started at college with a mission to create and develop campaigns and projects to address the students and faculty impact at the campus in terms of the sustainability level through the support from her mentors. She is an environmental activist and has been a part of numerous green campaigns. She has initiated paper recycling projects and also runs Facebook page of her sustainability club in college, Sustain Our Society (SOS). Fatima has worked with Bee’ah in creating mass awareness on waste management strategies. Fatima is an Eco-Volunteer with EcoMENA and can be contacted at fatimaalbanna.work@gmail.com

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