Greenciles

08/15/2009 20:22 Filed in: recycle | Alishia
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As a fundraiser and as a way to provide people with new ways o be environmentally friendly, the Green Keene Teens have been selling Greenciles. Greenciles are pencils made from recycled newspaper. Since the pencils are made of recycled newpaper the shavings can be put into the recycling bin to be recycled! Anyway, my dad works at Hamshaws, which is a local lumber store. I’m happy to announce that Hamshaws has recently become an outlet for the sale of the Greenciles. This is exciting because now more people can use Greenciles.

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Towards the end of school last year, I started to ask if any of my teachers would want to buy Greenciles to use in the classroom. To my surprise, not many teachers wanted to. One day I asked my English teacher if he wanted to buy some Greenciles. He told me that it would be great to use the greenciles in school, but, unfortunately he declined to buy any himself. Instead of just turning me away he gave me advice. He thought it would be a good idea if I asked the school board if it was possible to put the Greenciles in the school budget. I talked with the administration, and after some consideration, they decided that Greenciles couldn’t be used, but a similar pencil by Papermate was put on the list.

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