We take old newspapers & turn them into beautiful pencils.
1 KG OF NEWSPAPERS = 220 PENCILS!
Please fund this campaign by pre-ordering the pencils, so that we can make the world a greener place for our children and others .
You can pre-order for as low as 240 INR and make a difference.
FUND THIS CAMPAIGN & YOU WILL:
1) REDUCE -the cutting of trees
2) RECYCLE - paper
3) REUSE - existing raw materials and promoter a greener lifestyle
Contribute to the environment by choosing the eco friendly pencils made out of recycled paper. Do your bit to help avoid deforestation for the sake of making pencils. Why cut down trees to make them when they can be made from recycled paper?
We have many different types of pencils since we launched, here are some examples.
IMAGE: Customizable pencils with name and picture of your dear ones!
IMAGE: Customizable pencils for corporates with logo
Image: The Ecosave™ pencils for kids with wild life
Image: Ecosave™ pencils for kids with alphabets and numbers
HOW DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
- The use of trees for the manufacturing of pencils leads to unnecessary deforestation. The effects of this is seen in the massive environmental crisis that we’re facing.
- Recycling just ONE 2.5-foot stack of waste papers will save a 20-foot pine tree.
- Do you know that 79 million pencils could be made from the paper used in a single press run of the Sunday newspaper?
This is an opportunity for us to teach our kids at an early age that they can make a difference. Help them understand that little changes can have a massive impact on our planet.
Please back these little attractive pencils made out of recycled paper by funding them online. Let’s write without guilt!
A standard wooden pencil costs INR 5, the customized one made out of recycled paper costs only INR 8. One of the worlds cheapest, eco friendly, customized pencils.
How and Why I started making these pencils:
The idea to make recycled pencils came to me when my daughters started going to school. We bought them all the stationary required. I saw the number of pencils that she went through and began to wonder about the number of trees that had to be cut to make pencils just for children. These trees are important to us. They give us shade, oxygen to breathe and they are a necessity to keep the environment in balance.
I was thinking about this while reading the newspaper and it struck me, what if these newspapers could be used to make pencils?
I discussed this idea with a few friends and we came up with a paper pencil making machine. This is a ‘Make in India’ initiative.
Our pencils appeal to children as they can be customised to any pattern, design or image that the child is fond of. These pencils have also found popularity in the gifting section thanks once again to how easily customisable they can be.
This idea was launched in January 2015.
Image: Packaging of the Ecosave™ pencils that will be delivered to you.
Who am I
I am Amit Arora, I am a resident of New Delhi. I completed my education in Noida and began working as an engineer in an MNC. In 2002, I started Vaikunt Information Technologies along with 2 other partners. In 2007, we turned it into a proprietorship. Since 2013, we have been working with all of India’s biggest e-commerce sites including, Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Paytm, and other. I started manufacturing the pencils in 2016 and started new Brand “Ecosave” with the purpose of saving trees.
Eco Save pencils are manufactured in India with Indian made machines that are specially customised to neatly roll up old newspapers into pencils. 1 kilo of newspaper will yield over 250 pencils.
Risks and challenges
- The pencil will be delivered within 45 days from the completion of the campaign. However, there is always a chance of something going wrong because of situations beyond our control.
- These could be because of strikes/ bandhs, acts of nature (floods /severe inclement weather), shipping delays because of issues with ships etc.
