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1.6 Billion wrongly disposed pencils are ending up in landfils.

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Durning the mining process ground is ripped up and habits are ruined.

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Paint used for pencil color is created from dyes and chemicals.

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Easers are coming from trees that take 14 years to mature.

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Mining uses fuel and that impacts the atmosphere and it results in erosion, sinkholes and contamination of soil and ground water.

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Trucks are used to transport the wood and mining projects. The fuel contaminates the environment (happens many times).

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Wood mills are used to cut down trees (California Cedar). Chemicals are also sprayed on the wood to get rid of bugs. Wood mills also contaminate the air.

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A working product will save money spent to replace numerous pencils in the classroom daily.

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It is not possible to recycle a wood and metal that is fused together, so these pencils that get broken would have to be thrown in the garbage.

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A design to keep pencils from falling on the ground will help prevent waste of pencils.

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A design needs to be usable and testable.

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Conservation helps people extend natural resources.

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With the number trees being saved, our environment becomes richer in oxygen.

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Designs need to have a main purpose and function.

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Engineers design products to solve problems.

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Pencils are made from trees. Trees will be saved from conserving pencils.

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Broken and lost pencils affect our enviornment.