No, really. This pencil grows into a tomato.

[Toliver]

The article is here:

"No, really. This pencil grows into a tomato."

"There are 15 billion pencils made annually, and three million of those just in the United States. That's a lot of pencil stubs thrown away," said Michael Stausholm, CEO of Sprout World.

Denmark-based Sprout World wants to shrink this waste. The startup makes plantable pencils that grow into vegetables, herbs or flowering plants once you're done using them.

It's a simple and interesting idea: Turning throw-away items into plant generators. I wonder what other landfill items could benefit by such an ecological transformation.

[dcarch]

The article is here:

"No, really. This pencil grows into a tomato."

It's a simple and interesting idea: Turning throw-away items into plant generators. I wonder what other landfill items could benefit by such an ecological transformation.

It's against many states and countries' laws for plant matter transportation.

 

dcarch