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    How do they make pencils out of recycled items?

    Question #73922. Asked by kirstymd. (Dec 30 06 12:22 AM)


    heavyduty3158

    		unlike a reguler wooden pencil that is two halves glued together a recycled pencil is made from wood ,plastic and other scrap materials ground up finely and mixed with a binding agent (some type of glue)then a lead of the same type is inserted in an ectruding machine to form a recycled pencil

    Dec 30 06, 9:02 AM

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