We just tell them how many pounds of markers we’re sending and they will recycle them,” said Barnett-Dryfuss. Then, once I have a large amount of them, I can take them and put them inside a box, and Crayola allows us to ship it to them for free. I found a source that allows us to recycle them for free! In the teacher mailbox room within the office there is a large trash bin that says ‘Marker Recycling Only’ and so they just dump them in there. “Since I had to get some regular markers and I was annoyed at having to throw them away, I realized I don’t have to throw them away. One way she has done this is with the the creation of a special trashcan specifically for whiteboard markers.
Barnett-Dryfuss, has decided to address these problems. That’s a lot of volume if you think about how much we go through markers and how many dry-erase markers we go through on campus,” said science teacher, Bree Barnett-Dryfuss. “The plastic doesn’t decompose ever, so every dry erase marker ever thrown away is still in a landfill somewhere. On top of this, the plastic of these markers do not compose easily ( Recycle Nation ). Not only does it irritate your skin, but xylene is also absorbed into your bloodstream when inhaled and can cause headaches, nausea and dizziness. The ink in Expo markers have a petroleum chemical called Xylene which gives off the unpleasant smell many of us associate with whiteboard and permanent markers. Įxpo markers are much more harmful than many would assume. “It says they’re non-toxic, so I don’t think they’re that bad to maybe animals but it’s also made of plastic and also smells weird,” said Daniel Wu (19’). “I feel like they’re made of harmful substances but then they’re not really out in the environment for all I know, so I’m not very sure,” said Sahan Suggala (20’). “On a scale from 1-10, Expo markers can be pretty harmful, probably a six or seven, just because of all the chemicals they release into the environment,” said Apurva Kanny (20’) When asked their opinion about Expo markers, Dons tend to agree that they have the slight potential to harm the environment. AvJournalism investigates the danger of the expo marker: how they affect the environment and the alternatives to reduce these effects. B etween schools, universities, and other institutions, roughly 400 million whiteboard markers are thrown out every year in America alone ( Auspen ). Almost every classroom at Amador has a whiteboard supplied with Expo markers.
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