Gel pen to become the most popular writing instruments, the use of gel pen how widely? Reporters on a middle school the first day of a class of 30 students to do a simple survey. The survey results show that only 4 30 students often use a ballpoint pen, pencil and pen no one is using the other 26 students to choose mainly use gel pen. Astonishing amount of students of a pen, 13 students-for-a gel pen a week, 14 students in two or three days to change a pen often change accounted for 90%. "Gel pen written, it was easier to use, and examination often will be asked to use the gel pen." One student said.
Not only the students in the large-scale use gel pen, many office owners accustomed to using the gel pen. "In fact, now the office computer, the few opportunities the pen, but in signing the sub, for the record, even the units to a meeting, stressed the need to use a black pen, the passage of time, they simply are used from the gel pen. "people told reporters that she was a clerk in the company of the city, school, various papers have emphasized the need to use a black pen, and over time she get used to using the gel pen.
"Gel pen than a ballpoint pen to use up a wider range, but also unlike the pen as refilled frequently, so the office staff like to use it."
Gel pen runs out often discarded, many people run out of a gel pen, too lazy and back to refill often direct throw away the pen with refill. The reporter made questionnaire, students will choose "Gel Ink Pen oil runs out to buy a new pen or refillable" topics, select a new pen students accounted for 26%.
Corresponding to each gel pen will refill of a model. "Urban a stationery shop staff explained that refill Model inconsistent, can also cause refill the pen can not supporting the use of which is part of the use of gel pen The groups directly change the pen of one of the reasons.
The main material is biodegradable waste gel pen manufacturing gel pen the polystyrene or modified polystyrene, these two materials are very stable, with anti-corrosion, anti-aging characteristics in its natural state, it is difficult to own degradation, unless strict garbage classification incineration. Our gel pen is still no clear provisions of the classification process and recycling of association, under normal circumstances buried along with the garbage, but buried after a hundred years are difficult to degrade.
Not finished using the gel pen core containing residues of substances, contains ink, floating grease and other pollutants. If the public is free to discard unused after refill pollution, soil and water quality will be certain. The gel pen and refills are discarded, is very likely to become white trash, waste batteries after another environment new killer.