Use and throw
@allknowing (153544)
India
October 20, 2022 4:54am CST
As some of you know I am engrossed with making preparations for that Xmas party. I was searching online for bulk purchase of various items to be given away by Santa. This item caught my eye. They are cheap and I could add a few in each pack. But I did not like the idea of just throwing them away after they are done with.
Not so long ago we got refills and the body of the pen stayed with us.
Do you get refills for your ball point pens?
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
20 Oct 22
That is true. These days hardly pens are used.
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@Treborika (18194)
• Mombasa, Kenya
20 Oct 22
@allknowing I am almost forgetting that ball pens ever exists
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@Treborika (18194)
• Mombasa, Kenya
20 Oct 22
@LadyDuck What about burning down the thrash. I sometimes do it.
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@DaddyEvil (174336)
• United States
20 Oct 22
Even using a ball point pen every day at Walmart, I never used up the ink in one pen.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
20 Oct 22
There is always something that is written out here and the ink does get over. We have a huge collection of pens that do not work any more. I do not have the heart to throw them away.
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@DaddyEvil (174336)
• United States
20 Oct 22
@allknowing I always bought good pens for work and the customers always managed to steal them from me. That's the reason I never finished all the ink in one.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
20 Oct 22
I buy pens that can be refilled.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
21 Oct 22
@allknowing Strange. Why? We do get refills here.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
22 Oct 22
@aninditasen Yes. It is strange that we do not get refills here.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
20 Oct 22
Unless they are recycled burning or burying them is not good for the environment
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@Treborika (18194)
• Mombasa, Kenya
21 Oct 22
I think it's a bit cheaper to do a refill than buying a new one
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@Treborika (18194)
• Mombasa, Kenya
20 Oct 22
I normally throw them away after use. I don't consider refilling ball point pens.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
20 Oct 22
Those pens are not biodegradable. We are adding to pollution
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@Treborika (18194)
• Mombasa, Kenya
20 Oct 22
@allknowing I too think the same way as you do
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@Fleura (34957)
• United Kingdom
20 Oct 22
I remember as a child trying to work out what was the difference between an ordinary pen and a 'disposable' pen. Eventually I concluded that anything called 'disposable' simply means that it is cheap. These sort of thing exemplify what is wrong with our 'throw-away' society.
I do buy refills for nice pens and I also use a fountain pen and a bottle of ink. Nevertheless we still seem to accumulate these single-use sort of pens that come free as promotional materials and that sort of thing. Some are quite nice and I keep them and buy refills, even though the refills cost more than just buying another cheap pen!
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
20 Oct 22
I do not know why they started this use and throw system. It is not good for the environment. I did not know refills are costlier than the pen itself
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
20 Oct 22
Imagine the garbage collected with these that are not biodegradable.
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