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 ...

(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 ...

If you’re looking for some extra goodies to stick in the kids’ stockings this Christmas – we’ve got a cool addition for you. They’re from Sprout and they’re the world’s first plantable pencil. These ...

The 12 people who still write with pencils will be excited about this Kickstarter, funding production of a pencil that sprouts into flowers or herbs when it gets too short to use. This will solve the ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Finding original stocking stuffers can be tough sometimes, but Sprout is here to make it easier for you and your eco-friendly friends. Sprout, which creates sustainable and ...

We live in a throwaway society, where even large and expensive products are merely trashed when they reach the end of their life and/or usefulness. It's a rather sad state of affairs, with waste that ...

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 ...

As more consumers strive for waste-free living, designers are coming up with creative products to help minimize our carbon footprint. Today’s sustainable furniture and green home goods can be found ...

Waste in an everyday environment can go unnoticed on a regular basis. The last of the milk, the end of the roll of toothpaste, just to name a few. But, thanks to Democratech design collective, not ...