Action #055

Use a biro from start to finish

 
This action has been done 4,978 times which means 4,978 less half-used, half chewed biros lying in landfills
 
 

People throw things away too easily. They throw away their charming childhood illusions. Their talent. Their friendships. Their marriages. But more important than all these things are their biros. (Maybe). A plastic pen in a landfill will still be there in 50,000 years’ time, by which point the world will be populated by super-intelligent beings who have managed to solve all the problems afflicting the human race. Except that they keep forgetting to bring a biro with them.

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  • Darcy Darcy did this action

    biro ink

    in my class you can't get a new pen until you either lose yours, or it runs out of ink. Most people just take theirs home and say they've lost it but I try as hard as I can to use ALL the ink until it doesn't work. Its a small action but it will make a difference... maybe :) 28 July 2010, 07:42
  • samantha lea samantha lea did this action

    the most ecological pen?

    Im a teacher, I use a lot of pens. Which exactly are the most ecological I wonder?
    Does anyone know?     26 June 2010, 21:32
  • kirsty lemare kirsty lemare did this action

    Bic have responded

    Bic are offering a tenner to people who finish their pens as an incentive to be less wasteful. www.challengebic.co.uk. 14 May 2010, 13:16
  • Anosh Anosh did this action

    Ive done it

    i did it last night when it suddenly stopped workng.. my god how many times wud i have saved it from being lost ..?? 14 March 2010, 13:37
  • Jed T. Dornburg Jed T. Dornburg did this action

    Fountain Pen - go old school

    I definately think this should be changed from use a biro to use a fountain pen. There are enough throw-away things in our life not to encourage the use of disposables. 08 March 2010, 17:34
  • Oscar Wang Oscar Wang and friends did this action and got 1 people to do it too

    never use biros anymore

    It's really difficult to use biros from start to finish, so I use pen now :) 01 March 2010, 05:52
  • hannah hannah and friends did this action and got 1 people to do it too

    i've done this more than once!

    i've done it about 3 times since the start of the school year theres something satisfying about using a biro til you can use it no more 29 January 2010, 20:20
  • mashrur mashrur and friends did this action and got 300 people to do it too

    i did it

    i did it while writing 15 January 2010, 12:30
  • Karunyah Nadarajah did this action

    YAYYY :)

    I have been trying to do this ever since I have read this action and from the start of Sixth Form. I'm proud to say I have finally achieved this and my biro has ran out ;D. Well kind of but if I keep on writing with it, even I can't make out what I just wrote. 16 November 2009, 22:43
  • Tom Rendell Tom Rendell and friends did this action and got 534 people to do it too

    School.

    i did this action as part of my GCSE course. 14 November 2009, 16:33
  • Caroline Rushton Caroline Rushton did this action

    Using a biro from start to finish


    The next time someone asks you what you want for a present then ask for a nice pen. Because it will be special you'll take more care of it than you would the biro's that you put down or chuck in drawers and..... when it runs out of ink you can refill it with minimal waste (ie you'll only through away the refill and not the outer case too)     13 October 2008, 12:53
  • Nic Nic did this action


    i started to do this because i found loads of half used pens in my room and it saves me money      10 May 2008, 10:14
  • Anna from Norwich Anna from Norwich did this action

    Why not a fountain pen?


    If you can't use a biro from start to finish (because, like me, you keep losing it or borrowing it with no return in sight), buy a fountain pen instead.

    Sure, it's a bit tricky at the beginning. But you save a lot of money in the long run -- you can recycle the plastic ink cartridges (or buy a nice, old-fashioned bottle of ink - it's glass, so you can recycle it as well). There are some very good pens at nice, decent prices out there, so don't panic.

    Plus, you can pass it on to the next generation. I know that because the pen I use nowadays was my grandad's. :)     18 February 2008, 14:10

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