(CNN) — What happens to a wooden pencil after you wear it down to a stub? It gets tossed into the trash. “There are 15 billion pencils made annually, and three million of those just in the United ...

Have you ever stopped to think about where your pencil came from or what it’s journey will be once it hits the trash? It’s okay if you haven’t, because one company has made it their mission to not ...

It’s customary to toss a pencil once it’s worn down to a stump. But the Sprout pencil boasts a better use for those remaining nubs. Packed into the end tip of its sustainable, certified wood body are ...

All SproutWorld pencils are made from sustainably certified wood and are 100% natural and zero waste. Browsing the web over a decade ago, Michael Stausholm came across a Kickstarter campaign from a ...

Michael Stausholm bought the rights to a sustainable pencil from grad students at MIT. He thought the pencil was a great illustration of sustainability. He was surprised by the immediate commercial ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The company Sprout creates sustainable and "plantable" pencils. It's a fun accessory for any Greenthumb and they even come in colored varieties. Each pencil is labeled with the ...