* Produced in small batches - limited quantities available *
Purchase Pencil Tin set now, and receive priority restock notification plus a code for Free Shipping when the pens are back in stock.
(If you decide to purchase a pen/refill once we have them in stock - shipping is on us)
*Stainless Steel Pen + Refills are currently in production/backordered and made worse because we stubbornly will not accept them with plastic blister packaging - so we have to wait longer.
Pencil Tin Set price has been adjusted accordingly.
Our ride-or-die essentials in an upgraded + kitted-out Zero-Waste Pencil Tin Set.
**Stainless Steel Pens are out of stock until the fall due to manufacturing delays - The price of the set has been adjusted accordingly.
For a set with no husher, click here.
Unpainted Pencil: Our favorite pencil ever. Made from sustainably-forested incense cedar by General’s Pencil Company in New Jersey (one of the last American pencil factories), and not ruined by a coat of paint that creates micro plastics when sharpened (paint is plastic).
Metal Sharpener: German made, compact, and equipped with two built in replacement blades.
Wax Highlighter: These "china markers" have been around for ages, and their bright yellow wax makes them a common sense replacement for disposable plastic highlighters.
Stainless Steel Pen + Refill: This substantial stainless steel ballpoint pen is a handsome reminder that disposable plastic pens never should have been a thing. Even the extra ink cartridges are plastic-free.
No plastic
No plastic packaging
Set without wool husher available.
Pencil Tin Set Includes:
+ Recyclable Aluminum Pencil Tin
+ 100% Undyed Hypoallergenic Alpaca Liner
+ Unpainted, Sustainably Forested Pencil
+ Metal Sharpener, 2 extra blades
+ Natural Rubber Eraser
+ Wax Peel Highlighter
+ Stainless Steel Pen + Refill (removed from kit until restock date).
Alpaca Liner affixed to tin with a single strip of
double-sided masking tape (repositionable).
Tin: 7 5/8" x 1 7/8" x 5/8"
Hundreds of millions of plastic, vinyl, nylon, and canvas pencil cases are eternally stuck in landfills, and millions more sit on store shelves soon to be added.
Our recyclable aluminum pencil tin is intentionally slim and fitted with the essentials you need, and nothing you don't.
Aluminum Recycling:
+ Pencil Tin (can be recycled with cans)
Compost:
+ Alpaca Liner
+ Paint-Free Pencil shavings
RETURNS
Free within 30 days of receipt.
If there is an issue with your purchase, please reach out so we can make it right.
SHIPPING
Orders typically packed within 24-48 hours Monday - Friday.
Orders ship via USPS or UPS. Shipping prices are the actual rates we pay (the true cost of shipping from Northern CA. - Sorry Maine!). As we grow, we will negotiate more favorable shipping rates, but for now, we pack every order (plastic-free), load up our cars, and deliver to a post office in a nearby town because our local Post Office refuses to accept or pick up the “large” number of packages we have outgoing on a normal basis.
Thanks for your patience while we navigate how to scale what we’re doing!
I got one for my new college grad, soon to be teacher, one for my nursing student and one for my high schooler. We all have our own tin case and love them!
I bought a zero waste pencil tin set for each of my grandchildren as a very hands on visual regarding waste and climate. Whenever they pick it up they will think about being a positive action for world climate. Very happy with the product and glad I found the site.
Zero-Waste Pencil Tin Set: CLIMATE BENEFICIAL | ALPACA
Love this! I keep it in my "stitching bag" so I will always have what I need. I would love to be able to buy the yellow marker separately, and in other colors. Possible?
My nieces and nephews have started graduating from high school and I love gifting the Zero-waste pencil tin, along with some money. It's a very well appointed set and being a fiber artist, I appreciate the inclusion of wool/alpaca fiber as a cushion. Had to get one for myself as well.
Introducing the newest edition to our favorite set of zero-waste writing essentials -
Climate Beneficial Alpaca Husher: Shorn from alpaca raised and farmed as part of intentional soil and ecological restoration programs. Undyed / 100% Compostable.
*Produced in small bacthes - limited quantities avaialble
New features based on teacher survey feedback:
+ Monthly At-A-Glance Expanded to two page spread accompanied with a full notes page
+ Months visually tabbed to easily flip to current month
+ 6 columns per weekday - 3 columns per weekend day
+ Optional header line for subjects
+ Perforated corners
Highly requested additional note pages.
We received a number of requests for additional notes pages in the Weekly Planner, but this year the page count was increased a full 16 pages due to the inclusion of monthly spreads throughout the book. Adding 4 more notes pages (requires increments of 4) pushed it beyond our wallet zone with paper availability scarce, and costs at record highs.